title: The management and treatment of personality-disordered patients. The use of sequential diagrammatic reformulation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Gable House Community Mental Health Centre, Streatham, London.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Beard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marlowe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ryle
mesh_terms: 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