PMID- 20392134
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100726
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 1502-4725 (Electronic)
IS  - 0803-9488 (Linking)
VI  - 64
IP  - 2
DP  - 2010 Apr
TI  - Long-term continuation treatment after short-term day treatment of female 
      patients with severe personality disorders: Body awareness group therapy versus 
      psychodynamic group therapy.
PG  - 115-22
LID - 10.3109/08039480903487525 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate and compare the treatment effects of psychodynamic 
      group therapy (PGT) and body awareness group therapy (BAGT) as outpatient 
      treatment following day treatment for personality disorders. MATERIALS AND 
      METHODS: Twenty-one female patients given PGT were compared with 29 female 
      patients receiving BAGT. The average length of outpatient therapy was 24 and 25 
      months, respectively. The patients were assessed trough the quality assurance 
      system of the Norwegian Network of Psychotherapeutic Day Hospitals, including the 
      Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.) and Structured Clinical 
      Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders (SCID-II) for diagnostic purposes. 
      Outcome was assessed using the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), Symptom 
      Check List 90-R sum score (Global Severity Index, GSI), Circumplex of 
      Interpersonal Problems (CIP), at admission and at discharge from day treatment, 
      and at the end of outpatient group therapy. RESULTS: Patients undertaking BAGT 
      improved significantly on GAF, GSI and CIP, and reported high ratings of 
      satisfaction with therapy and group climate at the end of outpatient treatment. 
      The magnitude of change on GAF and CIP was significantly higher in the BAGT group 
      compared with the PGT patients who displayed only minor changes after outpatient 
      treatment. CONCLUSIONS: BAGT is possibly an effective outpatient continuation 
      therapy for women with severe personality disorders, but because of limitations 
      of this study, these results warrant a larger randomized study.
FAU - Leirvag, Harald
AU  - Leirvag H
AD  - Dagpost Kolonien, Sorlandet Hospital HF, 4604 Kristiansand, Norway. 
      harald@leirvag.com
FAU - Pedersen, Geir
AU  - Pedersen G
FAU - Karterud, Sigmund
AU  - Karterud S
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Nord J Psychiatry
JT  - Nordic journal of psychiatry
JID - 100927567
SB  - IM
CIN - Nord J Psychiatry. 2010 Apr;64(2):75-7. PMID: 20392132
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Awareness
MH  - *Body Image
MH  - Borderline Personality Disorder/diagnosis/psychology/therapy
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Abuse, Sexual/psychology/therapy
MH  - Combined Modality Therapy
MH  - Day Care, Medical/*methods
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Long-Term Care
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Norway
MH  - Patient Dropouts/psychology
MH  - Personality Assessment
MH  - Personality Disorders/diagnosis/psychology/*therapy
MH  - Professional-Patient Relations
MH  - Psychoanalytic Therapy/*methods
MH  - Psychotherapy, Brief/*methods
MH  - Psychotherapy, Group/*methods
EDAT- 2010/04/16 06:00
MHDA- 2010/07/27 06:00
CRDT- 2010/04/16 06:00
PHST- 2010/04/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/04/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/07/27 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/08039480903487525 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nord J Psychiatry. 2010 Apr;64(2):115-22. doi: 10.3109/08039480903487525.