title: Natural history of borderline patients treated by intensive hospitalization.
abstract: The authors have the largest follow-up sample of long-term treatment ever done. They have studied almost 500 patients, 20 years after discharge from the long-term treatment unit at Psychiatric Institute. This article reviews some of their findings and identifies the patient population that requires and can benefit from long-term treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology