The borderline personality disorder (BPD) represents a severe and complex mental disorder (Guderson & Hoffman, 2005), characterized by significant impairment in psychosocial functioning (Skodol, Gunderson, McGlashan, et al., 2002) and frequent utilization of psychiatric treatments (Bender, Dolan, Skodol, et al., 2001). The main features of this disorder include fear of abandonment, relational instability, identity disturbance, impulsivity, recurrent suicidal or self-injurious behaviors, affective instability, chronic feelings of emptiness, inappropriate anger and difficulty in its control, as well as transient paranoid ideation associated with stress or dissociative symptoms (APA, 2013). The present study focuses specifically on the impulsivity component and self-injurious behaviors, utilizing a sample of young adult patients with borderline personality disorder from the Mental Health Center of Via Berchet, 16, Padova. The study aims to investigate whether the implementation of Mentalization-Based Treatment for Adolescents (MBT-A) over a 12-month period can reduce impulsivity and self-injurious behaviors. Mentalization has been defined by Allen and Fonagy (2006) as a form of imaginative mental activity, involving the perception and understanding of human behavior in terms of intentional mental states, such as needs, desires, feelings, beliefs, goals, intentions, and motivations (Allen & Fonagy, 2006). To measure symptomatology, impulsivity, and the extent of self-injurious behaviors, several tests were administered at the beginning and end of the treatment. The questionnaires used in this study included the Structured Clinical Interview for Personality Disorders (SCID-5-PD), the Symptom Check List-90-R (SCL-90-R), the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11), and the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Questionnaire-Nonsuicidal (SITBQ-NS). To assess the changes in mentalization abilities, the clinician completed the Mentalization Imbalance Scale (MIS) and the Modes of Mentalization Scale (MMS) every three months for a period of 12 months.
Il disturbo borderline di personalità (BPD) rappresenta un disturbo mentale grave e complesso (Guderson & Hoffman, 2005), che si caratterizza per un grande impoverimento del funzionamento psicosociale (Skodol, Gunderson, McGlashan, et al., 2002) e per un frequente ricorso a trattamenti psichiatrici (Bender, Dolan, Skodol, et al., 2001). Le caratteristiche principali di tale disturbo sono la paura dell’abbandono, l’instabilità relazionale, l’alterazione dell’identità, l’impulsività, comportamenti ricorrenti di suicidio o autolesivi, l’instabilità affettiva, una sensazione cronica di vuoto, rabbia inappropriata e difficoltà a controllarla e ideazione paranoide transitoria associata a stress o a sintomi dissociativi (APA, 2013). Il presente studio si focalizza in particolare sulla componente dell’impulsività e dei comportamenti autolesivi, prendendo come campione un gruppo di pazienti giovani adulti con disturbo borderline di personalità del Centro di Salute Mentale di Via Berchet, 16, Padova. Lo studio è quindi volto ad indagare se, attraverso l’utilizzo del Mentalization Based Treament for Adolescents (MBT-A) per 12 mesi, l’impulsività e le condotte autolesive possono diminuire. La mentalizzazione è stata definita da Allen e Fonagy (2006) come una forma di attività mentale immaginativa, ovvero la percezione e la comprensione del comportamento umano in termini di stati mentali intenzionali, come ad esempio i bisogni, i desideri, i sentimenti, le credenze, gli obiettivi, le intenzioni e le motivazioni (Allen & Fonagy, 2006). Per misurare la sintomatologia, l’impulsività e l’entità delle condotte autolesive sono stati somministrati diversi test all’inizio e alla fine del trattamento. I questionari presi in considerazione in questo studio sono l’Intervista Clinica Strutturata per i Disturbi di Personalità (SCID-5-PD), la Symptom Check List-90-R (SCL-90-R), la Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11), la Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Questionnaire-Nonsuicidal (SITBQ-NS). Per misurare l’andamento delle capacità di mentalizzazione sono state compilate dal clinico di riferimento la Mentalization Imbalance Scale (MIS) e la Modes of Mentalization Scale (MMS), ogni tre mesi per 12 mesi.
Valutazione dell'efficacia del Mentalization-Based Treatment sull'Impulsività e l'Autolesionismo in Pazienti con Disturbo Borderline di Personalità
BABAOGLU, EMILIA ELIF
2022/2023
Abstract
The borderline personality disorder (BPD) represents a severe and complex mental disorder (Guderson & Hoffman, 2005), characterized by significant impairment in psychosocial functioning (Skodol, Gunderson, McGlashan, et al., 2002) and frequent utilization of psychiatric treatments (Bender, Dolan, Skodol, et al., 2001). The main features of this disorder include fear of abandonment, relational instability, identity disturbance, impulsivity, recurrent suicidal or self-injurious behaviors, affective instability, chronic feelings of emptiness, inappropriate anger and difficulty in its control, as well as transient paranoid ideation associated with stress or dissociative symptoms (APA, 2013). The present study focuses specifically on the impulsivity component and self-injurious behaviors, utilizing a sample of young adult patients with borderline personality disorder from the Mental Health Center of Via Berchet, 16, Padova. The study aims to investigate whether the implementation of Mentalization-Based Treatment for Adolescents (MBT-A) over a 12-month period can reduce impulsivity and self-injurious behaviors. Mentalization has been defined by Allen and Fonagy (2006) as a form of imaginative mental activity, involving the perception and understanding of human behavior in terms of intentional mental states, such as needs, desires, feelings, beliefs, goals, intentions, and motivations (Allen & Fonagy, 2006). To measure symptomatology, impulsivity, and the extent of self-injurious behaviors, several tests were administered at the beginning and end of the treatment. The questionnaires used in this study included the Structured Clinical Interview for Personality Disorders (SCID-5-PD), the Symptom Check List-90-R (SCL-90-R), the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11), and the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Questionnaire-Nonsuicidal (SITBQ-NS). To assess the changes in mentalization abilities, the clinician completed the Mentalization Imbalance Scale (MIS) and the Modes of Mentalization Scale (MMS) every three months for a period of 12 months.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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