EVALUATING AN ALLIANCE-FOCUSED TREATMENT FOR PERSONALITY DISORDERS

This paper presents a study with the aim of evaluating the relative efficacy of an alliance-focused treatment, brief relational therapy, in comparison to a short-term dynamic therapy and a cognitive-behavioral therapy on a sample of highly comorbid personality disordered patients. Results indicated...

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Published in:Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 2005-01, Vol.42 (4), p.532-545
Main Authors: Muran, J. Christopher, Safran, Jeremy D, Samstag, Lisa Wallner, Winston, Arnold
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brief Psychotherapy
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Comorbidity
Female
Human
Male
Outpatient
Personality Disorders
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Psychotherapeutic Outcomes
Therapeutic Alliance
Treatment Dropouts
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Summary:This paper presents a study with the aim of evaluating the relative efficacy of an alliance-focused treatment, brief relational therapy, in comparison to a short-term dynamic therapy and a cognitive-behavioral therapy on a sample of highly comorbid personality disordered patients. Results indicated that the three treatments were equally effective on standard statistical analyses of change, including those conducted on repeated measures and residual gain scores. Some significant differences were indicated regarding clinically significant change and reliable change, favoring the brief relational and cognitive-behavioral models. There was also a significant difference regarding dropout rates, favoring brief relational therapy.
ISSN:0033-3204
1939-1536
DOI:10.1037/0033-3204.42.4.532