Question

A 28-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder frequently attends A&E with self-harm. She has an intense fear of abandonment. Which therapy has the best evidence base for borderline personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)

Answer

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

Answer

Psychoanalysis

Answer

Supportive therapy

Answer

Family therapy

Practice question

A 28-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder frequently attends A&E with self-harm. She has an intense fear of abandonment. Which therapy has the best evidence base for borderline personality disorder?