title: STEPPS group treatment for borderline personality disorder in The Netherlands.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) is a new cognitive group treatment for outpatients with borderline personality disorder.
  
  
  METHODS
  The English and Dutch language literature was reviewed on the STEPPS program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  STEPPS was introduced in The Netherlands in 1998 under the acronym VERS. Reasons for its rapid dissemination throughout Holland include a user-friendly manual, its 20-week duration, ability to maintain the patient's current treatment team, and ease of therapist training. Two pilot studies, one in the US and one in The Netherlands, suggest its efficacy. Randomized controlled trials are now underway.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  STEPPS has become widespread in The Netherlands, and is now being modified for other settings, such as programs for adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Adhesie GGz Midden Overijssel, Deventer, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Bas
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Wel
authors.forename: Ina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kockmann
authors.forename: Nancee
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pfohl
authors.forename: Donald W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Wilma
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Heesterman
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011340:Problem Solving; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D013598:Systems Theory; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States