Background Over the decades, a variety of psychological interventions for borderline
personality disorder (BPD) have been developed. This review updates and replaces an …

Mentalizing is the human capacity to understand actions of others and one's own behavior in
terms of intentional mental states, such as feelings, wishes, goals and desires. Mentalizing is …

Attachment theory, developed by Bowlby to explain human bonding, has profound
implications for conducting and adapting psychotherapy. We summarize the prevailing …

Reflective function (RF) is defined as an individual's ability to understand human behavior in
terms of underlying mental states including thoughts, feelings, desires, beliefs, and …

The chapter focuses on the empirical research accumulating over the years on
psychodynamic treatment (PDT), especially research published since the previous edition of …

Firmly grounded in contemporary clinical practice and research, this pragmatic guide for
professionals and students is now in a revised and expanded second edition. The book …

Background Previous studies suggested that childhood trauma is an important etiologic
factor for the development of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Moreover, insecure …

Objective: The capacity for understanding mental states (reflective functioning; RF) is
considered essential for self-growth, social learning, and emotion regulation. Impaired RF is …

Background: Mentalization processes seem to be of high relevance for social learning and
seem important in all psychotherapies. The exact role of mentalization processes in …

Background Emotional abuse in childhood has been linked to a higher expression of
aggressive behavior in adulthood. The identification of protective factors that mitigate this …