[The effectiveness of psychoanalytic-interactional therapy in borderline personality disorder: a study of clinical data].
OBJECTIVE
Different methods are available for the psychotherapeutic treatment of patients with severe structural mental disorders. Psychoanalytic-interactional therapy is among those methods which have been clinically proven to be effective for many years. Psychoanalytic-interactional therapy was derived from analytic psychotherapy specifically to allow for the treatment of severely disturbed patients, e.g. patients with borderline personality disorders, prepsychotic disorders, addictions and perversions.


METHODS
In a naturalistic study, the effectiveness of psychoanalytic-interactional therapy was tested in a sample of patients with borderline personality disorders (N = 132). The patients were treated at the Clinic Tiefenbrunn near Goettingen, Germany. Standardized, reliable and valid diagnostic instruments were used to study the treatment effects.


RESULTS
Psychoanalytic-interactional therapy was found to significantly improve target symptoms, general symptoms, interpersonal problems and life satisfaction.


CONCLUSIONS
The results are discussed with regard to the treatment of severely disturbed patients.
Leichsenring
Falk
F
Niedersächsisches Landeskrankenhaus Tiefenbrunn. falk.leichsenring@NLKH-Tiefenbrunn.niedersachsen.de
Masuhr
Oliver
O
Jaeger
Ulrich
U
Dally
Andreas
A
Streeck
Ulrich
U
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome