1. Perspectives on Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Mentalization-Based Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Same, Different, Complementary?
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Stoffers-Winterling JM, Storebø OJ, Simonsen E, Sedoc Jørgensen M, Pereira Ribeiro J, Kongerslev MT, and Lieb K
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psychotherapy ,treatment ,dialectic behavior therapy dbt ,mentalization-based therapy mbt ,borderline personality disorder ,Psychology ,BF1-990 ,Industrial psychology ,HF5548.7-5548.85 - Abstract
Jutta M Stoffers-Winterling,1 Ole Jakob Storebø,2,3 Erik Simonsen,4,5 Mie Sedoc Jørgensen,2 Johanne Pereira Ribeiro,2,3 Mickey T Kongerslev,2,3,5 Klaus Lieb1 1Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; 2Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Slagelse, Denmark; 3Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; 4Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; 5Mental Health Services East, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Roskilde, DenmarkCorrespondence: Ole Jakob Storebø, Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Fælledvej 6, Slagelse, 4200, Denmark, Tel +45 24965917, Email ojst@regionsjaelland.dkAbstract: Current evidence suggests that individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are likely to benefit from specialized, or BPD-specific, treatments. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and mentalization-based treatment (MBT) are currently the most intensively researched BPD treatments. Reviewing the current research, this paper highlights similarities and differences between the two treatments, and discusses possible ways they could complement each other. As the effectiveness of specialized treatments for BPD in general has been determined with some certainty, research now tends towards individualized approaches, identifying predictors of optimal treatment response. However, it is still to be settled who might profit from a combination of or sequential treatment with DBT and MBT.Keywords: psychotherapy, treatment, dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, mentalization-based therapy, MBT, borderline personality disorder
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- 2022