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The purpose of this study was to explore the usefulness of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991) Borderline full scale (BOR) and subscales in the assessment of patients being evaluated for dialectical behavior therapy (DBT; Linehan, 1993). We administered 67 patients both the PAI and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) Structured Clinical Interview for Axis II disorders (SCID-II; First, Spitzer, Gibbon, Williams, & Benjamin, 1997). Point biserial correlations showed a significant relationship between the presence of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and scores on the BOR and Schizophrenia (SCZ) scales. A regression analysis showed that among the BOR subscales, those measuring identity disturbance, self-harming behavior, and negative relationships were significantly related to the total number of SCID-II BPD criteria. Diagnostic efficiency statistics between the BOR scale and the number of SCID-II BPD criteria indicated that a T score cutoff of 65 optimally differentiates patients who do and do not meet criteria for BPD. The relationship between BOR and SCID-II BPD demonstrates the concurrent validity of the PAI and shows its usefulness in this setting.
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PMID:Concurrent validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Borderline scales in patients seeking dialectical behavior therapy. 1726 17

Psychotherapy is one of the major methods of treatment in the mental health field. A review of the literature suggests that some forms of psychotherapy are evidence-based. Findings from hundreds of meta-analytic studies indicate that psychotherapy can often achieve outcomes that are clinically meaningful and may also contribute to cost savings. This review contains findings pertaining to the main psychotherapy approaches: the psychodynamic, the cognitive-behavioral (CBT) and the dialectical-behavioral (DBT). The findings suggest that there is ample evidence on the effectiveness of CBT in the treatment of various mental disorders. There is also an accumulating body of evidence suggesting that short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy is effective in the treatment of mental disorders except for psychosis and schizophrenia. On the other hand, there are only preliminary findings supporting the effectiveness of DBT and questions remain concerning the cost-effectiveness of this labor-intensive treatment technique. Similarly, there are only preliminary results that long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy is effective in the treatment of complex mental disorders. Recent technological advances in the measurement of psychotherapy outcome were reviewed. These include methods of tracking changes throughout the course of treatment and computer-assisted programs designed to generate on-going feedback to the therapist. These techniques are designed to improve outcome by focusing the psychotherapy on clearly defined objectives and by the use of measures aimed at reducing negative reactions to treatment and lowering the risk of premature termination of treatment by clients. The authors conclude by proposing guidelines for evidence-based care policy for the public sector based outpatient psychotherapy in Israel.
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PMID:[Psychotherapy--outcome studies and guidelines for evidence-based care policy in Israel]. 2157 64