Predictors of response to Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) for borderline personality disorder: An exploratory study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-61

  Black, D W ^a   Allen, J ^a   St John, D ^a   Pfohl, B ^a   McCormick, B ^a   Blum, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Cognitive behavioral treatment; Group therapy; Response predictors; Systems Training For Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; IOWA; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SYSTEMS THEORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749115435     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01340.x     Document Type: Article

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