Translation: Mentalizing as Treatment Target in Borderline Personality Disorder

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 380-392

  Fonagy, Peter ^a   Luyten, Patrick ^a   Bateman, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST ANN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attachment; borderline personality disorder; epistemic trust; mentalizing

Indexed keywords

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; THEORY OF MIND;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHODYNAMIC; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84943140757     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/per0000113     Document Type: Article

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