Effects of the Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy Process on Object Relations for Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder

Objectives: It has been emphasized in literature that findings about the psychotherapy processes and objects relations of patients with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD) rely on clinical observations and there is a need to develop and apply effective and systematic psychological test/scale methods in order to prove those findings. In this study, it has been aimed to investigate the effects of group psychotherapy on object relations of patients with a diagnosis of BPD

The MMPI profile traits of borderline personality disorder

Objectives: Distinctive, effective and systematic psychological test methods to be used to di-agnose, treat and research borderline personality disorder (BPD) need to be developed and adminis-tered. This study investigates the MMPI profile characteristics of BPD to determine the original pro-file of BPD

Psychosocial, symptomatic and diagnostic changes with long-term psychodynamic art psychotherapy for personality disorders

In this study, we aimed to investigate the changes in the, beginning and termination phases of psychotherapy in terms of psychosocial, symptomatic, diagnostic and personality qualities in patients with personality disorders receiving long term, individual psychodynamic art psychotherapy. This study was conducted with 17 patients at the Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry. Psychosocial and clinical data were collected with a Personal Information Questionnaire, MMPI and DSM-III-R. The overall functioning (GAF) of the patients significantly increased (General: z= -3.631, p<.001), (highest level: z= -3.626, p<.001). There were statistically significant decreases in alcohol use (z= -2.45, p<.05), suicidal ideation (z= -3.00, p<.01), impulsive behaviors (z= -3.74, p<.001), self-mutilative behaviors (z= -2.24, p<.05), psychotic symptoms (z= -2.00, p<.05) and psychotropic medication use (z = -2.71, p<.01) at the termination phase. This study demonstrates that in the treatment of personality disorders, long-term psychodynamic artwork is beneficial and drawing is a good container that allows working through in psychotherapy. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved