Publications by authors named "Albert Eduard Boon"

The aim of this study was to examine cognitive emotion regulation strategies (CERS) of help-seeking adolescents diagnosed with personality disorders. At pre-treatment, patients (N = 116) were found to use some maladaptive but also some adaptive CERS more often than adolescents from the general population. Less than 4% of these pre-treatment CERS predicted treatment outcome.

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Objective: To examine changes in personality disorders and symptomology and the relation between personality disorder variables and treatment outcomes in an adolescent sample during partial residential mentalization based treatment.

Methods: In a sample of 62 (out of 115) adolescents treated for personality disorders, assessment was done pre- and post-treatment using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM personality disorders and the Symptom Check List 90.

Results: Significant reductions in personality disorder traits ( = 8.

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Objective: Unlike adolescents with adolescent-onset (AO) disruptive behavior, adolescents with early-onset (EO) disruptive behavior may not benefit from treatment.

Method: Using Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R) ratings at admission and discharge of adolescent inpatients with EO (n = 85) and AO (n = 60) disruptive behavior treatment outcome was determined by (a) a change in mean scores and (b) the Reliable Change Index. For a subgroup, ratings on the Satisfaction Questionnaire Residential Youth Care for Parents (n = 83) were used to verify the treatment outcome.

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Objective: To examine the stability of treatment outcome one year after discharge from an inpatient treatment programme for adolescents with severe behavioural problems combined with psychiatric disorders.

Method: Symptom Check List-90 Revised (SCL-90 R) ratings were obtained at admission, discharge and one-year follow-up for 75 patients. Treatment outcome was determined by calculating clinically significant change on the SCL-90 R Global Severity Index (GSI) between admission and discharge.

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