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Program for an interdisciplinary approach in the treatment of borderline personality disorder: report on the experience at the Melanie Klein out-patient clinic at Hospital Psiquiátrico São Pedro

INTRODUCTION: In Psychiatry, personality disorders are still a complex diagnostic class. There is no clearly defined treatment for such disorders. Due to the great number of complications this kind of disorder causes in the individual, we propose an interdisciplinary and integrated treatment. Our proposal has four axes of intervention: individual analytical psychotherapy, analytical group therapy, psychopharmacotherapy and social interventions. METHODS: This study presents two brief reports on cases with borderline disorder. Several personality criteria have been evaluated. We assessed various criteria (quality of interpersonal relations, work and leisure activities, autonomy, suicide attempts, seeking emergency care). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The social interventions played an important role by adding to the traditional treatment. Both patients have benefited from the treatment. CONCLUSION: The results found call our attention to the importance of seeing the individual as a whole, and organizing interventions that can cover the various dimensions of life.

Borderline disorder; interdiciplinarity; treatment


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