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World J Psychiatr. Dec 19, 2021; 11(12): 1328-1345
Published online Dec 19, 2021. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v11.i12.1328
Published online Dec 19, 2021. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v11.i12.1328
Affect regulation in psychoanalytic treatments of patients with a borderline personality disorder–psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy–a comparison
Dagmar Steinmair, Sophie Frantal, Christine Rohm, Henriette Löffler-Stastka, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Wien 1090, Austria
Dagmar Steinmair, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, Krems 3500, Austria,
Dagmar Steinmair, Department of Ophtalmology, University Hospital St. Pölten, St. Pölten 3100, Austria
Guoruey Wong, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal H3C 3J7, Québec, Canada
Author contributions: Steinmair D engaged in writing and review of the original draft, editing and contributed to visualization and investigation; Wong G reviewed the final version of the manuscript (English language); Löffler-Stastka H engaged in the conceptualization and methodology, validation, provided resources, data curation, writing-original draft preparation, supervision, project administration; Frantal S was responsible for the software and performed the formal analysis; Rohm C contributed to the validation, KH, NF, MS, AHL, SM and GS investigation; all authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical University Vienna.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent about personal and medical data collection prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: We have no financial relationships to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Dagmar Steinmair, MD, Research Fellow, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Wien 1090, Austria. dagmar.steinmair@meduniwien.ac.at
Received: February 23, 2021
Peer-review started: February 23, 2021
First decision: July 15, 2021
Revised: July 19, 2021
Accepted: November 20, 2021
Article in press: November 20, 2021
Published online: December 19, 2021
Peer-review started: February 23, 2021
First decision: July 15, 2021
Revised: July 19, 2021
Accepted: November 20, 2021
Article in press: November 20, 2021
Published online: December 19, 2021
Core Tip
Core Tip: This is a retrospective study to evaluate similarities and differences between psychoanalysis (PSA) and psychodynamic psychotherapy (PDT) in patients with borderline personality disorder. Both treatments were adequately effective. However, interactional aspects varied between PSA and PDT, requiring further investigation and consideration in therapy.