Effectiveness of systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving (STEPPS) for borderline personality problems in a 'Real-World' sample: Moderation by diagnosis or severity?

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 173-181

  Bos, Elisabeth H ^a,b   Van Wel, E Bas ^c   Appelo, Martin T ^a   Verbraak, Marc J P M ^d  

^a Lentis   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Dimence Institute of Mental Health   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Ecological validity; Personality disorder; Psychotherapy; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMS TRAINING FOR EMOTIONAL PREDICTABILITY AND PROBLEM SOLVING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952325497     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321793     Document Type: Article

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