TY - JOUR
T1 - First Empirical Evaluation of Outcomes for Mentalization-Based Group Therapy for Adolescents With BPD
AU - Bo, Sune
AU - Sharp, Carla
AU - Beck, Emma
AU - Pedersen, Jesper
AU - Gondan, Matthias
AU - Simonsen, Erik
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - Adolescent borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a devastating disorder, and it is essential to identify and treat the disorder in its early course. A total of 34 female Danish adolescents between 15 and 18 years old participated in 1 year of structured mentalization-based group therapy. Twenty-five adolescents completed the study, of which the majority (23) displayed improvement regarding borderline symptoms, depression, self-harm, peer-attachment, parent-attachment, mentalizing, and general psychopathology. Enhanced trust in peers and parents in combination with improved mentalizing capacity was associated with greater decline in borderline symptoms, thereby pointing to a candidate mechanism responsible for the efficacy of the treatment. The current study provides a promising rationale for the further development and evaluation of group-format mentalization-based treatment for adolescents with borderline traits. (PsycINFO Database RecordCopyright (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved).
AB - Adolescent borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a devastating disorder, and it is essential to identify and treat the disorder in its early course. A total of 34 female Danish adolescents between 15 and 18 years old participated in 1 year of structured mentalization-based group therapy. Twenty-five adolescents completed the study, of which the majority (23) displayed improvement regarding borderline symptoms, depression, self-harm, peer-attachment, parent-attachment, mentalizing, and general psychopathology. Enhanced trust in peers and parents in combination with improved mentalizing capacity was associated with greater decline in borderline symptoms, thereby pointing to a candidate mechanism responsible for the efficacy of the treatment. The current study provides a promising rationale for the further development and evaluation of group-format mentalization-based treatment for adolescents with borderline traits. (PsycINFO Database RecordCopyright (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved).
U2 - 10.1037/per0000210
DO - 10.1037/per0000210
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
C2 - 27845526
SN - 1949-2715
VL - 8
SP - 396
EP - 401
JO - Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment
JF - Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment
IS - 4
ER -