Dance Movement Therapy for Clients With a Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis.

People with a personality disorder (PD) suffer from enduring inflexible patterns in cognitions and emotions, leading to significant subjective distress, affecting both self and interpersonal functioning. In clinical practice, Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) is provided to clients with a PD, and although research continuously confirms the value of DMT for many populations, to date, there is very limited information available on DMT and PD. For this study, a systematic literature review on DMT and PD was conducted to identify the content of the described DMT interventions and the main treatment themes to focus upon in DMT for PD.

Pretreatment unresolved-disorganized attachment status in eating disorder patients associated with stronger reduction of comorbid symptoms after psychotherapy.

Research shows that the Unresolved-disorganized attachment representation (U), resulting from experiences of loss or abuse, is associated with a range of psychiatric conditions. However, clinical implications of U are yet unclear.: To investigate how U is related to symptoms and recovery of eating disorder (ED) patients.

[Attachment, mentalization and autonomy in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa].

Attachment insecurity and difficulty with mentalization are common in patients with eating disorders and might be related to their symptoms and lack of autonomy.
AIM: To investigate the role of attachment and mentalization in the course of anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN).
METHOD: Patients with AN and BN were assessed at the start of treatment, and after 1 year and 1.

Adolescent attachment insecurity and the influence of MBT.

The aim of this study in a high-risk adolescent sample with personality disorders receiving intensive mentalisation-based treatment (MBT), was first, to examine deviations in insecure attachment distribution of the normative pattern, and in borderline personality disorder and other personality disorders; second, to explore whether MBT alters attachment representations and whether these alterations are related to changes in psychological distress. A total of 60 adolescents were investigated pre-treatment for both categorical and continuous measures of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Pre- and post-AAI ( = 33) data were compared with psychological distress measured by the Symptom Checklist-90.