The management and treatment of personality-disordered patients. The use of sequential diagrammatic reformulation.
The clinical management of patients with personality disorders is seldom satisfactory. It is suggested that the bewilderment provoked and experienced by these patients can be reduced by a careful analysis of their shifting states of mind. The construction of diagrams tracing such shifts is helpful to both patients and clinicians. Illustrative case histories are presented.
Beard
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Gable House Community Mental Health Centre, Streatham, London.
Marlowe
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Ryle
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000465:Algorithms; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010358:Patient Participation; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D012648:Self Care