title: Psychotherapy in borderline and narcissistic personality disorder.
abstract: Psychodynamic concepts about borderline personality disorder are reviewed and the literature concerning psychotherapeutic treatment of this group is examined. The treatment contexts considered include: psychoanalysis and intensive (expressive) psychoanalytic psychotherapy, supportive psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, family therapy, in-patient treatment, the therapeutic community, cognitive-behavioural approaches, and combinations of drugs and psychotherapy. The practical implications of recent follow-up studies for intervention strategies are considered.
authors.affiliation: St Charles Hospital, London.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Higgitt
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fonagy
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009289:Narcissism; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*