Is reflective functioning associated with clinical symptoms and long-term course in patients with personality disorders?

Mentalization is the capacity to understand behavior as the expression of various mental states and is assumed to be important in a range of psychopathologies, especially personality disorders (PDs). The first aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between mentalization capacity, operationalized as reflective functioning (RF), and clinical manifestations before entering study treatment. The second aim was to investigate the relationship between baseline RF and long-term clinical outcome both independent of treatment (predictor analyses) and dependent on treatment (moderator analyses).

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - June 3, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bjørnar T. Antonsen, Merete S. Johansen, Frida G. Rø, Elfrida H. Kvarstein, Theresa Wilberg Source Type: research