Non-response to psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Highlight

This is the first systematic review to investigate non-response to psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder.

Background

Psychotherapy is the recommended treatment for borderline personality disorder. While systematic reviews have demonstrated the effectiveness of psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder, effect sizes remain small and influenced by bias. Furthermore, the proportion of people who do not respond to treatment is seldom reported or analysed.

Objective

To obtain an informed estimate of the proportion of people who do not respond to psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder.

Methods

Systematic searches of five databases, PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Library, occurred in November 2020. In

SUBMITTER: Woodbridge J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9218414 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature