Proceedings of the 2022 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2022)

The Effectiveness of Mentalization-Based Therapy in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review

Authors
Xuying Deng1, *, , Yu Wang2,
1School of Social Science; University of California, Irvine; CA; United States
2School of Health, School of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong, China

Those authors contributed equally.

*Corresponding author. Email: xuyingd@uci.edu
Corresponding Author
Xuying Deng
Available Online 1 June 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220504.487How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Borderline personality disorder; Mentalization-based therapy; Adolescence; group therapy
Abstract

This review aims to systematically review the evidence on the effectiveness of mentalization-based therapy (MBT) in the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD), particularly in reducing the psychiatric symptoms associated with BPD and its comorbid disorders. Databases PubMed, Psycinfo, and Medline were systematically searched up to September 2021. Randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of MBT in the context of BPD were eligible to include. Qualitative synthesis was conducted to summarize the studies. A total of 13 studies were finally included. These included eight 8 original studies and five5 follow-up papers. According to these 13 studies, mentalization-based therapy has either superior or equal reductions in psychiatric symptoms when compared with other treatments (supportive group therapy, treatment as usual, structured clinical management, and specialized clinical management). MBT was mainly conducted in the hospital setting (including day care) and delivered in a time-consuming manner. Mentalization based therapy can achieve significant reductions in BPD symptom severity and the severity of comorbid disorders as well as increase quality of life. However, caution is required, as the need for better quality and more wide-ranging carried out research such as randomized controlled trials is pressing. Research is also needed on the proposed mediators of MBT.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
1 June 2022
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.220504.487
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220504.487How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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