TY - JOUR
T1 - Schema therapy for patients with borderline personality disorder and comorbid alcohol dependence
T2 - A multiple-baseline case series design study
AU - Boog, Michiel
AU - Goudriaan, Anna E.
AU - Wetering, Ben J. M. v. d.
AU - Franken, Ingmar H. A.
AU - Arntz, Arnoud
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2023/3/1
Y1 - 2023/3/1
N2 - This study tested the effectiveness of schema therapy (ST) for borderline personality disorder (BPD) and comorbid alcohol dependence (AD). Twenty patients participated in a case series study with multiple baselines. The baseline phase consisted of treatment as usual. It was followed by a case conceptualization phase, an experiential techniques phase and a behavioural change phase. Patients showed a significant decrease in BPD and AD symptoms; change was mainly accomplished in the experiential techniques phase, with medium to large effect sizes. Three months after termination of therapy, 68% of the patients had remitted from BPD, and the number of drinking days decreased clearly. This study shows that, although treatment is challenging in this group of patients, meaningful change can be obtained in patients with BPD and AD using ST.
AB - This study tested the effectiveness of schema therapy (ST) for borderline personality disorder (BPD) and comorbid alcohol dependence (AD). Twenty patients participated in a case series study with multiple baselines. The baseline phase consisted of treatment as usual. It was followed by a case conceptualization phase, an experiential techniques phase and a behavioural change phase. Patients showed a significant decrease in BPD and AD symptoms; change was mainly accomplished in the experiential techniques phase, with medium to large effect sizes. Three months after termination of therapy, 68% of the patients had remitted from BPD, and the number of drinking days decreased clearly. This study shows that, although treatment is challenging in this group of patients, meaningful change can be obtained in patients with BPD and AD using ST.
KW - addiction
KW - alcohol dependence
KW - personality disorder
KW - psychotherapy
KW - substance use disorder
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85143759400&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2803
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2803
M3 - Article
C2 - 36399433
SN - 1063-3995
VL - 30
SP - 373
EP - 386
JO - Clinical psychology & psychotherapy
JF - Clinical psychology & psychotherapy
IS - 2
ER -