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ReviewCurrent behavioral neuroscience reports2017

What Works in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder.

Lois W Choi-Kain, Ellen F Finch, Sara R Masland, James A Jenkins, Brandon T Unruh

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Review in Current behavioral neuroscience reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 215 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Non-response to psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder: A systematic review.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2022
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  15. Borderline personality disorder and moral responsibility.Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lois W Choi-KainHarvard Medical School, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Mail Stop 312, Belmont, MA 02478 USA.
Ellen F FinchHarvard Medical School, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Mail Stop 312, Belmont, MA 02478 USA.
Sara R MaslandHarvard Medical School, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Mail Stop 312, Belmont, MA 02478 USA.
James A JenkinsMassachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478 USA.
Brandon T UnruhHarvard Medical School, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Mail Stop 312, Belmont, MA 02478 USA.
McLean Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of the reviewThis review summarizes advances in treatments for adults with borderline personality disorder (BPD) in the last 5 years. RECENT

findingsEvidence-based advances in the treatment of BPD include a delineation of generalist models of care in contrast to specialist treatments, identification of essential effective elements of dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and the adaptation of DBT treatment to manage post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and BPD. Studies on pharmacological interventions remain limited and have not provided evidence that any specific medications can provide stand-alone treatment. SUMMARY: The research on treatment in BPD is leading to a distillation of intensive packages of treatment to be more broadly and practically implemented in most treatment environments through generalist care models and pared down forms of intensive treatments (e.g., informed case management plus DBT skills training groups). Evidence-based integrations of DBT and exposure therapy for PTSD provide support for changing practices to simultaneously treat PTSD and BPD.

Indexed as

Borderline personality disorderDialectical behavior therapyGeneral psychiatric managementMentalization-based treatmentPsychotherapySchema-focused therapyTransference-focused psychotherapy

Identifiers

PMID28331780
PMCPMC5340835
OpenAlexW2583656245

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