Fostering Self-Compassion and Loving-Kindness in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Pilot Study.
Clin Psychol Psychother. 2017 Jan; 24(1):278-286.CP

Abstract

The aim of this randomized pilot study is to investigate the effects of a short training programme in loving-kindness and compassion meditation (LKM/CM) in patients with borderline personality disorder. Patients were allocated to LKM/CM or mindfulness continuation training (control group). Patients in the LKM/CM group showed greater changes in Acceptance compared with the control group. Remarkable changes in borderline symptomatology, self-criticism and self-kindness were also observed in the LKM/CM group. Mechanistic explanations and therapeutic implications of the findings are discussed.

HIGHLIGHTS

Three weeks of loving-kindness and compassion meditations increased acceptance of the present-moment experience in patients with borderline personality disorder. Significant improvements in the severity of borderline symptoms, self-criticism, mindfulness, acceptance and self-kindness were observed after the LKM/CM intervention. LKM/CM is a promising complementary strategy for inclusion in mindfulness-based interventions and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for treating core symptoms in borderline personality disorder. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Feliu-Soler A

Pascual JC

Elices M

Servei de Psiquiatria, Hospital de la Santa Creu i SantPau, Barcelona, Spain. Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica SantPau-IIB SantPau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Spain. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Programa de Cognición. Instituto de Fundamentos y Métodos en Psicología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de la República, Uruguay.

Martín-Blanco A

Carmona C

Cebolla A

Departament de Personalitat, Avaluació i Tractaments Psicològics, Universitat de València, Spain. CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y la Nutrición, CIBEROBN Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Simón V

Universidad de Valencia, Spain.

Soler J

MeSH

AdultBorderline Personality DisorderCombined Modality TherapyDepressive Disorder, MajorEmpathyFemaleHumansMaleMeditationMiddle AgedMindfulnessPilot ProjectsPsychotherapyRecurrenceSelf CareSelf Concept

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Journal Article

Randomized Controlled Trial

Language

eng

PubMed ID

26818533

Citation

Feliu-Soler, Albert, et al. "Fostering Self-Compassion and Loving-Kindness in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: a Randomized Pilot Study." Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, vol. 24, no. 1, 2017, pp. 278-286.

Feliu-Soler A, Pascual JC, Elices M, et al. Fostering Self-Compassion and Loving-Kindness in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Pilot Study. Clin Psychol Psychother. 2017;24(1):278-286.

Feliu-Soler, A., Pascual, J. C., Elices, M., Martín-Blanco, A., Carmona, C., Cebolla, A., Simón, V., & Soler, J. (2017). Fostering Self-Compassion and Loving-Kindness in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Pilot Study. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 24(1), 278-286. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2000

Feliu-Soler A, et al. Fostering Self-Compassion and Loving-Kindness in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: a Randomized Pilot Study. Clin Psychol Psychother. 2017;24(1):278-286. PubMed PMID: 26818533.

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Fostering Self-Compassion and Loving-Kindness in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Pilot Study.Clin Psychol Psychother. 2017 Jan; 24(1):278-286.CP