Guest guest Posted March 19, 2003 Report Share Posted March 19, 2003 In a message dated 3/9/2003 11:25:49 AM Central Standard Time, Rlb0803 writes: > > Copyright Health Media Ltd 2003 > Health Newswire Professional > > > February 11, 2003 > > SECTION: Health Newswire Professional > > LENGTH: 291 words > > HEADLINE: Effective treatment for women with borderline personality > disorder > > SOURCE: Verheul et al, British Journal of Psychiatry 2003;182:135-140 > > BYLINE: Health Newswire reporters > > HIGHLIGHT: > Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is an effective treatment of high-risk > behaviours in women with borderline personality disorder, according to > Dutch scientists. > > BODY: > > > Although previous research has suggested DBT is a promising treatment for > borderline personality disorder, many of these studies have been > preliminary in nature and uncontrolled. > > Dr Roel Verheul from the University of Amsterdam - in collaboration with > colleagues from the Amsterdam Institute for Addiction Research and Erasmus > University in Rotterdam - randomly assigned 58 women with borderline > personality disorder to either 12 months of DBT or usual treatment. DBT > consisted of individual, cognitive-behavioural therapy sessions, combined > with group therapy sessions on skills training. The treatment was designed > to improve motivation and teach skills for self-acceptance and the > acceptance of others. > > Reporting in the British Journal of Psychiatry, the team found that 63 per > cent of patients who received DBT completed the one-year treatment with the > same therapist, compared with only 23 per cent of the patients who received > control therapy. > > Compared with usual treatment, 12 months of DBT resulted in greater > reductions in self-mutilating and self-damaging impulsive behaviours, > particularly among women with a history of frequent self-mutilation. > > Because there is little evidence that DBT is effective for other core > features of borderline personality disorder - such as interpersonal > instability, chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom and identity > disturbance - the team suggest that DBT may be a treatment for patients > with severe, life-threatening impulse control disorders, rather than for > borderline personality disorder itself. > > " Knowledge about the specific mechanisms that make dialectical behaviour > therapy work might enable therapists to better direct the focus in > treatment, " they conclude. > > LOAD-DATE: February 11, 2003 > Document 1 of 6 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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