Besides dialectical behaviour therapy, which psychotherapy was specifically developed for borderline personality disorder and works by improving the patient's capacity to understand her own and others' mental states?
- A Cognitive analytical therapy for psychosis
- B Exposure and response prevention
- C Mentalization-based therapy ✓
- D Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy
Correct answer: C. Mentalization-based therapy
Explanation
Mentalization-based therapy, developed by Bateman and Fonagy, treats borderline personality disorder by strengthening the capacity to mentalise, that is, to interpret one's own and others' behaviour in terms of underlying thoughts and feelings, which collapses under attachment stress in these patients. Exposure and response prevention targets OCD, interpersonal and social rhythm therapy targets bipolar disorder, and the remaining option is not an established BPD treatment.
Reference: Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, 12th ed.
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