Completed psychotherapies with borderline patients.
Retrospective assessments of the type and outcome of psychotherapy with seventy-eight borderline patients were obtained from eleven experienced therapists. Differences in outcome based on length and type of treatment and amount of previous treatment, and differences in patterns of termination were reported and discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009769:Object Attachment; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012649:Self Concept; D013997:Time Factors