Change in reflective functioning during psychotherapy -A single-case study

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-111

  Gullestad, Frida Slagstad ^a   Wilberg, Theresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder (BPD); Mentalization; Outcome research; Personality disorders; Psychodynamic psychotherapy; Reflective functioning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; OBJECT RELATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; THEORY OF MIND;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONG-TERM CARE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 79951704933     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2010.525759     Document Type: Article

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