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Treatment Impressions and Termination Experiences with Borderline Patients

This study explores treatment impressions and termination experiences of 39 faculty members who work with patients diagnosed as borderline personality disorder. Respondents perceived individual psychotherapy to be the most valuable treatment modality, character change but not progression to “normal” as the treatment goal, and termination as a potential time for regression regardless of the context.

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