Outpatient Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Randomized Trial of Schema-Focused Therapy vs Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
Josephine Giesen-Bloo;Richard van Dyck;Philip Spinhoven;Willem van Tilburg;Carmen Dirksen;Thea van Asselt;Ismay Kremers;Marjon Nadort;Arnoud Arntz;
archives of general psychiatry2006Vol. 63pp. 649-658
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Abstract
Context Borderline personality disorder is a severe and chronic psychiatric condition, prevalent throughout health care settings. Only limited effects of current treatments have been documented. Objective To compare the effectiveness of schema-focused therapy (SFT) and psychodynamically based transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP) in patients with borderline personality disorder. Design A multicenter, randomized,...