Group psychotherapy of persons with personality disorders; [Gruppentherapie mit Personen mit Persönlichkeitsstörungen]

Abstract

The authors think that all personality disorders function at the borderline level and that borderline phenomena are markers of severity and instability of different personality disorders. The borderline personality functioning is a dynamic dimension which can be transitory (borderline decompensation) and can be triggered by depression. Some borderline patients may fail to progress in individual psychotherapy but respond well to group treatment alone or in conjunction with individual treatment. It is best to mix different types of personality adaptations at different levels of functioning, like in real life situations. The authors also think that the supportive and interpretative treatments should be combined for the most persons with personality disorders in the group setting. © 2008 Copyright by 'Pinel' Verlag, Berlin.