title: Clinical trials of treatment for personality disorders.
abstract: The objective of this review is to examine clinical trials of the treatment of personality disorders (PDs). The method is a narrative review of published controlled trials of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy. Results show that a variety of methods reduce impulsivity, with less striking results for affective instability. There is good support for well-structured methods of psychotherapy, mainly in borderline personality disorder (BPD), but evidence for the efficacy of pharmacotherapy is weak. Research on other PD categories is sparse.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, 4333 Cote Ste-Catherine Road, Montreal, QC H3T 1E4, Canada. joel.paris@mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paris
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs