Bateman MBT
Mentalisation-Based Treatment in BPD (Partial Hospital)
Patient / Population Intervention / Exposure Comparison Outcome
In 38 patients with BPD, 18 months of psychoanalytically-oriented day-hospital MBT reduced self-harm, hospitalisation and depressive symptoms compared with standard psychiatric care.
N
38
Design
RCT, UK; psychoanalytically oriented partial hospitalisation vs standard psychiatric care, 18-mo treatment
Endpoint
Self-harm, hospitalisation, depression
Relevance
2
ResultMBT > TAU acutely; 8-year follow-up (Am J Psychiatry 2008) shows persistent advantage.
Bateman A, Fonagy P. Am J Psychiatry. 1999;156(10):1563-1569. 10.1176/ajp.156.10.1563
Discussion & critique
Established MBT as an evidence-based BPD therapy with the longest follow-up in the field.