Search Results - "Kvarstein, Elfrida H."

Is reflective functioning associated with clinical symptoms and long-term course in patients with personality disorders? by Antonsen, Bjørnar T, Johansen, Merete S, Rø, Frida G, Kvarstein, Elfrida H, Wilberg, Theresa

“…Abstract Objective Mentalization is the capacity to understand behavior as the expression of various mental states and is assumed to be important in a range of…”
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Social Cognition Capacities as Predictors of Outcome in Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) by Kvarstein, Elfrida H, Folmo, Espen, Antonsen, Bjørnar T, Normann-Eide, Eivind, Pedersen, Geir, Wilberg, Theresa

“…Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) is an evidence-based treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD). Differences in treatment outcomes related to…”
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Improvement of personality functioning among people treated within personality disorder mental health services. A longitudinal, observational study by Kvarstein, Elfrida H, Frøyhaug, Mathias, Pettersen, Mona S, Carlsen, Sara, Ekberg, Andreas, Fjermestad-Noll, Jane, Ulvestad, Dag A, Gikling, Elisabeth L, Hjermann, Eirik, Lindberget, Kenneth, Omvik, Siri, Eikenæs, Ingeborg U-M, Hummelen, Benjamin, Morken, Katharina T E, Wilberg, Theresa, Pedersen, Geir A F

“…Evidence-based personality disorder (PD) treatments are dominated by interventions targeting Borderline PD, although clinical populations characteristically…”
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Changing from a traditional psychodynamic treatment programme to mentalization-based treatment for patients with borderline personality disorder - Does it make a difference? by Kvarstein, Elfrida H., Pedersen, Geir, Urnes, Øyvind, Hummelen, Benjamin, Wilberg, Theresa, Karterud, Sigmund

“…Objectives Few studies outside United Kingdom have documented effects of mentalization‐based treatment (MBT) for patients with borderline personality disorder…”
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The Group Questionnaire (GQ)-Psychometric Properties Among Outpatients With Personality Disorders by Pedersen, Geir, Kvarstein, Elfrida H., Wilberg, Theresa, Folmo, Espen J., Burlingame, Gary M., Lorentzen, Steinar

“…Objective: Relational and emotional vulnerability represent essential problems among patients with personality disorder (PD). Group psychotherapy is a central…”
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Pedagogical stance in mentalization‐based treatment by Folmo, Espen J., Langjord, Tuva, Myhrvold, Nini C. S., Stänicke, Erik, Lind, Majse, Kvarstein, Elfrida H.

“…Background A common aspect of evidence‐based treatments for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) is pedagogical interventions and formats. In…”
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Favourable outcome of long-term combined psychotherapy for patients with borderline personality disorder: Six-year follow-up of a randomized study by Antonsen, Bjørnar T., Kvarstein, Elfrida H., Urnes, Øyvind, Hummelen, Benjamin, Karterud, Sigmund, Wilberg, Theresa

“…Objective: This study reports the six-year follow-up data of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) who participated in the Ullevål Personality…”
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The design of the MBT‐G adherence and quality scale by Folmo, Espen J., Karterud, Sigmund W., Bremer, Kjetil, Walther, Kristoffer L., Kvarstein, Elfrida H., Pedersen, Geir A. F.

“…Few group psychotherapy studies focus on therapists' interventions, and instruments that can measure group psychotherapy treatment fidelity are scarce. The aim…”
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Large variation of severity and longitudinal change of symptom distress among patients with personality disorders by Kvarstein, Elfrida H., Karterud, Sigmund

“…ABSTRACT Main objectives were to investigate (1) the longitudinal course of symptom distress among patients with personality disorders (PD) and (2) how…”
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The importance of feeling remembered during the Covid-19 crisis - A qualitative study of experiences among patients with personality disorders by Stänicke, Line Indrevoll, Arnevik, Espen, Pettersen, Mona S., Baltzersen, Åse-Line, Zahl, Kjell-Einar, Eikenaes, Ingeborg U.M, Pedersen, Geir, Wilberg, Theresa, Kvarstein, Elfrida H.

“…Treatment irregularity may complicate therapy for patients with personality disorders (PD). In Norway, Covid-19 restrictions led to a shutdown of outpatient…”
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The three factors of the psychoticism scale of SCL-90-R by Pedersen, Geir, Urnes, Øyvind, Kvarstein, Elfrida H., Karterud, Sigmund

“…ABSTRACT Former studies have repeatedly found the psychoticism (PSY) scale of Symptom Checklist‐90‐Revised to be a heterogeneous construct. The aim of this…”
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The Relationship Between Reflective Functioning and Affect Consciousness in Patients With Avoidant and Borderline Personality Disorders by Johansen, Merete S, Karterud, Sigmund W, Normann-Eide, Eivind, Rø, Frida G, Kvarstein, Elfrida H, Wilberg, Theresa

“…Avoidant personality disorder (APD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) are the most frequent personality disorders (PDs) in clinical practice. Although…”
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Health service costs and clinical gains of psychotherapy for personality disorders: a randomized controlled trial of day-hospital-based step-down treatment versus outpatient treatment at a specialist practice by Kvarstein, Elfrida Hartveit, Arnevik, Espen, Halsteinli, Vidar, Rø, Frida Gullestad, Karterud, Sigmund, Wilberg, Theresa

“…Day-hospital-based treatment programmes have been recommended for poorly functioning patients with personality disorders (PD). However, more research is needed…”
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Step-down versus outpatient psychotherapeutic treatment for personality disorders: 6-year follow-up of the Ullevål personality project by Antonsen, Bjørnar T, Klungsøyr, Ole, Kamps, Anne, Hummelen, Benjamin, Johansen, Merete S, Pedersen, Geir, Urnes, Oyvind, Kvarstein, Elfrida H, Karterud, Sigmund, Wilberg, Theresa

“…Although psychotherapy is considered the treatment of choice for patients with personality disorders (PDs), there is no consensus about the optimal level of…”
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Mentalization‐based treatment or psychodynamic treatment programmes for patients with borderline personality disorder – the impact of clinical severity by Kvarstein, Elfrida Hartveit, Pedersen, Geir, Folmo, Espen, Urnes, Øyvind, Johansen, Merete Selsbakk, Hummelen, Benjamin, Wilberg, Theresa, Karterud, Sigmund

“…Objectives Mentalization‐based treatment (MBT), originally designed for patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD), may be particularly indicated for…”
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Development of therapeutic alliance in mentalization-based treatment—Goals, Bonds, and Tasks in a specialized treatment for borderline personality disorder by Folmo, Espen, Stänicke, Erik, Johansen, Merete Selsbakk, Pedersen, Geir Feigum, Kvarstein, Elfrida H

“…Objective: Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) is an evidence-based long-term treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD). Alliance is central for…”
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Vulnerability of personality disorder during COVID-19 crises: a multicenter survey of mental and social distress among patients referred to treatment by Hartveit Kvarstein, Elfrida, Zahl, Kjell-Einar, Stänicke, Line Indrevoll, Pettersen, Mona Skjeklesæther, Baltzersen, Åse-Line, Johansen, Merete Selsbak, Eikenæs, Ingeborg Ulltveit-Moe, Hummelen, Benjamin, Wilberg, Theresa, Ajo Arnevik, Espen, Pedersen, Geir

“…Relational and emotional problems, dysregulation, self-harming or substance abuse often characterize personality disorders (PD). In Norway, COVID-19…”
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