Citation

Gabbard GO. Bull. Menninger Clin. 2001; 65(1): 41-57.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Guilford Publications)

DOI

10.1521/bumc.65.1.41.18705

PMID

11280958

Abstract

Recent trends in the economics of mental health care threaten to undermine the use of psychodynamic psychotherapy for the treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder. These trends are driven in part by the assumption that such treatment of these challenging patients is very expensive. The author highlights empirical research that supports both the usefulness and the cost-effectiveness of this treatment approach. He also reviews some effective clinical strategies with borderline patients.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult; Borderline Personality Disorder; Drug Prescriptions; Female; Humans; Professional-Patient Relations; Psychoanalytic Therapy; Suicide; Suicide Prevention; Transference, Psychology