Day hospital versus intensive outpatient mentalization-based treatment: 3-year follow-up of patients treated for borderline personality disorder in a multicentre randomized clinical trial.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients in both conditions showed similar large improvements over the course of 36 months, despite large differences in treatment intensity. MBT-DH and MBT-IOP were associated with different trajectories of change. Cost-effectiveness considerations and predictors of differential treatment outcome may further inform optimal treatment selection.
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Source: Psychological Medicine - June 29, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Smits ML, Feenstra DJ, Bales DL, Blankers M, Dekker JJM, Lucas Z, Kamphuis JH, Busschbach JJV, Verheul R, Luyten P Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research