title: [An inpatient version of mentalisation-based treatment for patients with cluster A personality disorders].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Despite the severity of their disorder, only a few patients suffering from cluster A personality problems are admitted to mental health care facilities for appropriate treatment. A review of the international literature on the treatment of cluster A patients does not reveal any description of non-pharmaceutical treatment for this group of patients, nor does it mention any research into the effectiveness of treatment for the group.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the development of a step-down inpatient treatment model for patients suffering from severe cluster A problems.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed the sparse research and the limited reports of clinical experience.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The arguments supporting a step-down inpatient version of mentalisation-based treatment and its application in clinical practice are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A step-down inpatient treatment model has been developed and will be tested in research.
authors.affiliation: Centrum Persoonlijkheidsstoornissen Jelgersma.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blom
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Colijn
mesh_terms: D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy