title: Time-limited, group psychotherapy for borderline patients.
abstract: Preparation for treatment, group process and time boundaries are presented as components of a treatment model designed to respond to specific problems inherent in the nature of borderline personality disorder. A pilot study of the proposed treatment model is underway and one case illustration from this study is described to illustrate the adaptation to this treatment of a borderline patient with an extensive prior history of individual treatment.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group