Stages of change in dynamic psychotherapy with borderline patients : clinical and research implications.
The authors offer guidelines for research on the first stages of long-term dynamic psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder. On the basis of five successfully treated cases, the authors outline methods for measuring the effectiveness, at different points in therapy, of psychotherapeutic treatment for borderline personality disorder.
Personality and Psychosocial Research Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts 02178.
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Waldinger
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Sabo
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