Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe personality dysfunction thought to affect
some 2% of the population. This title presents a psychoanalytically oriented treatment for …

The role of mentalizing in relation to borderline personality disorder (BPD) is examined with
a view to achieving improved levels of mentalizing in BPD patients as a therapeutic target …

In this chapter we will discuss briefly the concept of mentalization as applied to borderline
personality disorder (BPD), consider the changing views of BPD as a severe and enduring …

Objective: Psychotherapy is considered the primary treatment for borderline personality
disorder (BPD). Currently, there are four comprehensive psychosocial treatments for BPD …

Mentalizing is the process by which we make sense of each other and ourselves, implicitly
and explicitly, in terms of subjective states and mental processes. It is a profoundly social …

Objective: This paper provides an overview of mentalization-based therapy (MBT). Multiple
strands of research evidence converge to suggest that affect dysregulation, impulsivity and …

Recent clinical trials support the conclusion that patients with borderline personality disorder
are best treated with structured and specifically designed forms of psychotherapy. The …

Objective This review sought to systematically review evidence on the efficacy of
mentalization‐based therapy (MBT) for the treatment of borderline personality disorder …

Over the past two decades considerable progress has been made in developing specialist
psychosocial treatments for borderline personality disorder (BPD), yet the majority of people …

The treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) is challenging. Making a
diagnosis is necessary to plan therapy. But since we do not know the etiology of BPD …