Outcome research on the psychosocial treatment of personality disorders.
This brief overview of outcome research on psychosocial treatment of personality disorders first examines difficulties in using existing classifications of abnormal personality. A summary is offered of uncontrolled investigations of the treatment of personality disorders, a few controlled studies, and literature on the impact of comorbid personality disorder on treatment of Axis I symptomatology. The conclusions take into account the particular challenges of these disorders in the current health care context.
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Sub-Department of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, UK.
D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000592:standards*