Is reflective functioning associated with clinical symptoms and long-term course in patients with personality disorders?

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2016, Pages 46-58

  Antonsen, Bjørnar T ^a,b   Johansen, Merete S ^a,b   Rø, Frida G ^a   Kvarstein, Elfrida H ^b   Wilberg, Theresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFLECTIVE FUNCTIONING; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; AMBULATORY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; GROUP THERAPY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTPATIENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORY OF MIND; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DAY CARE, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; THEORY OF MIND; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84931026301     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2015.05.016     Document Type: Article

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