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SynthesisCurrent psychiatry reports2017

Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Progress and Remaining Challenges.

Paul S Links, Ravi Shah, Rahel Eynan

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Current psychiatry reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Psychosocial functioning in personality disorders.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2025
    Review
  3. Overdose and off-label psychotropic prescribing in patients with borderline personality disorder: A retrospective series.Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists · 2023
    Observational
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  8. Neural basis of shame and guilt experience in women with borderline personality disorder.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Paul S LinksLawson Health Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, Canada. paul.links@lhsc.on.ca.
Ravi ShahLawson Health Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, Canada.
Rahel EynanLawson Health Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe main purpose of this review was to critically evaluate the literature on psychotherapies for borderline personality disorder (BPD) published over the past 5 years to identify the progress with remaining challenges and to determine priority areas for future research.

methodA systematic review of the literature over the last 5 years was undertaken.

resultsThe review yielded 184 relevant abstracts, and after applying inclusion criteria, 16 articles were fully reviewed based on the articles' implications for future research and/or clinical practice.

conclusionOur review indicated that patients with various severities benefited from psychotherapy; more intensive therapies were not significantly superior to less intensive therapies; enhancing emotion regulation processes and fostering more coherent self-identity were important mechanisms of change; therapies had been extended to patients with BPD and posttraumatic stress disorder; and more research was needed to be directed at functional outcomes.

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AdolescentAdultBehavior TherapyBorderline Personality DisorderCohort StudiesCombined Modality TherapyComorbidityDelay DiscountingEmotional AdjustmentHumansPsychotherapyRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSelf ConceptStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultBorderline personality disorderComorbidityMechanism of actionPsychotherapyTrials

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