Annotated Citation 6

Bender, D. S., Dolan, R. T., Skodol, A. E., Sandislow, C. A., Dyck, I. R., McGlashan, T. H., et al. (2001). Treatment utilization by patients with personality disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158, 295-302.

Bateman, A., & Fonagy, P. (1999). Effectiveness of partial hospitalization in the treatment of borderline personality disorder: A randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156, 1563-1569.

Bateman, A., & Fonagy, P. (2001). Treatment of borderline personality disorder with psychoanalytically oriented partial hospitalization: An 18-month follow-up. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158, 36-42.  

            This article discussed whether borderline personality disorder patients would benefit more form partial hospitalization with psychoanalytical treatment or standard psychiatric care.  They looked at 44 patients who had completed the treatment.  These patients were assessed every 3 months for 18 months.  They looked at certain factors such as frequency of suicide attempts, self reported depression and anxiety, and acts of self harm.  Their results showed that the patients involved in the partial hospitalization treatment not only maintained their progress but they also continued to improve.  The psychiatric care patients showed minimal progress after treatment.

            This article brings up a substantial issue, which treatment should be used for optimum outcome.  This article was pretty straight forward and I was able to understand it with ease.  I would be interested to see if other studies have been conducted reaching the same conclusions, or if some research has been performed on other treatments.