title: Outcome research on the psychosocial treatment of personality disorders.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sub-Department of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Target
mesh_terms: 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*