title: Fostering Self-Compassion and Loving-Kindness in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Pilot Study.
abstract: The aim of this randomized pilot study is to investigate the effects of a short training programme in loving-kindness and compassion meditation (LKM/CM) in patients with borderline personality disorder. Patients were allocated to LKM/CM or mindfulness continuation training (control group). Patients in the LKM/CM group showed greater changes in Acceptance compared with the control group. Remarkable changes in borderline symptomatology, self-criticism and self-kindness were also observed in the LKM/CM group. Mechanistic explanations and therapeutic implications of the findings are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Three weeks of loving-kindness and compassion meditations increased acceptance of the present-moment experience in patients with borderline personality disorder. Significant improvements in the severity of borderline symptoms, self-criticism, mindfulness, acceptance and self-kindness were observed after the LKM/CM intervention. LKM/CM is a promising complementary strategy for inclusion in mindfulness-based interventions and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for treating core symptoms in borderline personality disorder. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: Servei de Psiquiatria, Hospital de la Santa Creu i SantPau, Barcelona, Spain.|Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica SantPau-IIB SantPau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Spain.|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Feliu-Soler
authors.affiliation: Servei de Psiquiatria, Hospital de la Santa Creu i SantPau, Barcelona, Spain.|Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica SantPau-IIB SantPau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Spain.|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.affiliation: Servei de Psiquiatria, Hospital de la Santa Creu i SantPau, Barcelona, Spain.|Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica SantPau-IIB SantPau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Spain.|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.|Programa de Cognición. Instituto de Fundamentos y Métodos en Psicología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de la República, Uruguay.
authors.forename: Matilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elices
authors.affiliation: Servei de Psiquiatria, Hospital de la Santa Creu i SantPau, Barcelona, Spain.|Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica SantPau-IIB SantPau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Spain.|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martín-Blanco
authors.affiliation: Servei de Psiquiatria, Hospital de la Santa Creu i SantPau, Barcelona, Spain.|Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica SantPau-IIB SantPau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Spain.|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carmona
authors.affiliation: Departament de Personalitat, Avaluació i Tractaments Psicològics, Universitat de València, Spain.|CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y la Nutrición, CIBEROBN Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Ausiàs
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cebolla
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Simón
authors.affiliation: Servei de Psiquiatria, Hospital de la Santa Creu i SantPau, Barcelona, Spain.|Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica SantPau-IIB SantPau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Spain.|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Joaquim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Soler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019122:Meditation; D008875:Middle Aged; D064866:Mindfulness; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012008:Recurrence; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept
keywords: Acceptance; Borderline Personality Disorder; Loving-Kindness; Mindfulness; Self-Compassion