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Psychotherapy in Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Anna Higgitt  and
Peter Fonagy
Anna Higgitt*
Affiliation:
St Charles Hospital, Exmoor Street, London W10
Peter Fonagy
Affiliation:
Psychoanalysis Unit, University College London
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Psychodynamic concepts about borderline personality disorder are reviewed and the literature concerning psychotherapeutic treatment of this group is examined. The treatment contexts considered include: psychoanalysis and intensive (expressive) psychoanalytic psychotherapy, supportive psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, family therapy, in-patient treatment, the therapeutic community, cognitive–behavioural approaches, and combinations of drugs and psychotherapy. The practical implications of recent follow-up studies for intervention strategies are considered.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 1 , July 1992 , pp. 23 - 43
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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