Bookedited by Donald W. Black and Nancee Blum.
Summary: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a potentially severely debilitating psychiatric diagnosis that may affect up to 2% of the general population. Hallmarks of BPD include impulsivity, emotional instability, and poor self-image, and those with BPD have increased risk for self-harm and suicide. This title brings together research findings and information on implementation and best practices for a group treatment program for outpatients with BPD. A five-month long program easily learned and delivered by therapists from a wide range of theoretical orientations, STEPPS combines cognitive behavioural therapy, emotion management and behavioral skills training, and psychoeducation with a systems component that involves professional care providers, family, friends, and significant others of persons with BPD.
Contents:
Overview of STEPPS : history and implementation / Nancee Blum, Don St. John, Bruce Pfohl, and Donald W. Black
Research evidence supportive of STEPPS / Donald W. Black, Nancee Blum, and Jeff Allen
STEPPS in the Netherlands / Horusta Freije
STEPPS in different service settings in the United Kingdom / Renee Harvey
STEPPS in correctional settings / Nancee Blum and Donald W. Black
STEPPS in a residential therapeutic community in Italy / Aldo Lombardo
Introducing STEPPS on an inpatient unit in Italy / Andrea Fossati, Roberta Alesiani, Silvia Boccalon, Laura Giarolli, Serena Borroni, Antonella Somma
STEPPS in adolescent populations in the Netherlands / Marieke Schuppert, Paul Emmelkamp, and Maaike Nauta
Alternatives to self-harm program (ASH) : a skills-based approach to complement STEPPS / Diane Clare.