Treatment of borderline personality disorder with psychoanalytically oriented partial hospitalization: An 18-month follow-up
Treatment of borderline personality disorder with psychoanalytically oriented partial hospitalization: An 18-month follow-up
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DOI:
10.1176/appi.ajp.158.1.36
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发表时间:
2001-01-01
影响因子:
17.7
通讯作者:
Fonagy, P
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作者:
Bateman, A;Fonagy, P
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether the substantial gains made by patients with borderline personality disorder following completion of a psychoanalytically oriented partial hospitalization program, in comparison to patients treated with standard psychiatric care, were maintained over an 18-month follow-up period.Method: Forty-four patients who participated in the original study were assessed every 3 months after completion of the treatment phase. Outcome measures included frequency of suicide attempts and acts of self-harm, number and duration of inpatient admissions, service utilization, and self-reported measures of depression, anxiety, general symptom distress, interpersonal functioning, and social adjustment.Results: Patients who completed the partial hospitalization program not only maintained their substantial gains but also showed a statistically significant continued improvement on most measures in contrast to the patients treated with standard psychiatric care, who showed only limited change during the same period.Conclusions: The superiority of psychoanalytically oriented partial hospitalization over standard psychiatric treatment found in a previous randomized, controlled trial was maintained over an 18-month follow-up period. Continued improvement in social and interpersonal functioning suggests that longer-term changes were stimulated.