IMPROVEMENT OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AT DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES OF TRANSFERENCE FOCUSED PSYCHOTHERAPY: A CASE REPORT

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the changes in borderline personality structure at different time serials of treatment.

The present study is a quasi-experimental and single-subject (A/B) study. The sample of study was a 35-year-old man who was selected as a borderline personality disorder among the patients referred to Health Center through a preliminary clinical interview and performing Millon clinical multiaxial inventory -III (MCMI-III) by available sampling method. The interview with the Semi-Structured Interview of the Personality Organization (STIPO) was conducted in four stages including one pre-test and three post-tests after time series treatment. Single-Subject was studied for 11 months in a format of 51 sessions of transference focused psychotherapy.

The findings showed that the mean scores of personality structure (identity, dimensions of object relations, aggression, personality rigidity, deference mechanisms, and morality) in the first post-test were not significantly different from the pre-test; but there was a significant clinical difference in the mean scores of personality structure at the second and third post-tests compared to the pre-test.

Based on the results, this treatment has significant effect in improving the personality dimensions of borderline patients, especially in advanced stages of treatment.