Long-Term Effects Of Psychotherapy On Borderline Personality Disorder
Sunday, July 6, 2014 - 12:10
in Health & Medicine
A new study analyzed the long-term effects of psychotherapy on borderline personality disorder. Authors report the effect of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) versus treatment-as-usual (TAU) on inpatient service use, and a follow-up 6 months after the end of treatment.Data on psychiatric hospitalization were collected by interviewing patients at two monthly intervals using the Client Service Receipt Inventory, which was then triangulated with data from electronic patient records. In the year prior to treatment, 24 patients had been hospitalized with the number of inpatient days ranging from 0 to 365 (mean 20.5, SD 63.1). read more
