Psychosocial functioning in personality disorders
The present paper takes a broad perspective on the psychosocial functioning in adult patients with personality disorders. We start with a working definition, then we report on psychosocial functioning in personality disorders from both categorical and dimensional perspectives of personality disorder. We add a section on assessment tools which may be used in this context. We then address the question of how problematic psychosocial functioning may be addressed in psychotherapy and other treatment contexts, when it comes to supporting the person's move towards sustained recovery. We add a lived and living experience perspective to psychosocial functioning and recovery. We end with recommendations for future research in the domain of psychosocial functioning.
Authors
- Michaela Swales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7603-1546)
- Mariana Mendoza Alvarez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9471-734X)
- Uëli Kramer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5603-0394)
- Christian G. Schmahl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0141-0821)
- Katja Bertsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9177-9010)
- Joost Hutsebaut (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0189-3771)
- Babette Renneberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2177-3566)
- Andres Kaera
- Rasa Barkauskienė (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4464-2481)
- Mickey Kongerslev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4405-0486)
- Chiara De Panfilis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1907-6702)
Institutions
- University of Parma (IT)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Bangor University (GB)
- Vilnius University (LT)
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- Region Zealand (DK)
- Mental Health Services (DK)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
- Hôpital de Cery (CH)
- Central Institute of Mental Health (DE)
- Kanta-Hämeen Keskussairaala (FI)
- De Viersprong (NL)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40479-025-00326-y
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31