Cognitive-behavioral approaches to treating borderline and self-mutilating patients.
The cases of three self-injurious patients suffering with borderline personality disorder are briefly presented. From this clinical base, the consultant describes a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapeutic model and how it might be applied to the treatment of these and similar patients. A dialectical behavioral approach is used to describe three major dichotomies and their application. The consultant also illustrates how cognitive-behavioral therapy may be integrated with more dynamic-analytic approaches, and proposes a strategy and methodology that establish and reinforce the treatment alliance in developing a treatment plan.
C. F. Menninger Memorial Hospital.
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D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*