A mentalization-based approach to common factors in the treatment of borderline personality disorder

Current Opinion in Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue , 2018, Pages 44-49

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDERLINE STATE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEORY OF MIND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUST;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEORY OF MIND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUST;

EID: 85030716065     PISSN: 2352250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.09.005     Document Type: Review

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