THE POTENTIAL OF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL PSYHOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS

Introduction. The treatment of personality disorders is of significant importance in the mental health care. Not only 10% of the population is estimated to have at least one personality disorder, there is also a high level of comorbidity of personality disorders with Axis I disorders, such as depression and anxiety. Still, the statistics and the research data on the treatment of personality disorders is scarce or limited. Patients with personality disorders experience significant difficulties since childhood or adolescence. They have challenges in their activities, in work and in relationships. They have rigid, entrenched negative beliefs about themselves and others, the world and the future. Purpose. The purpose of this article is to determine the potential for treatment of personality disorders with cognitive-behavioral therapy, to consider the algorithm of the cognitive-behavioral approach of psychotherapeutic interventions, to include the potential risk factors for the development of personality disorders, to outline the three clusters of personality disorders. Methods. The methods include research analysis, synthesis, systematization. Originality. The article provides with the review of the methods of cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of personality disorders. Each of the personality disorders is reviewed, and the difficulties in the therapy of personality disorders are highlighted. Conclusion. Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for personality disorders is a comprehensive model, which includes a scientifically grounded theoretical base and is explored in various aspects of psychotherapeutic and psychological assistance. Diagnostics, formulation of a therapy strategy, selecting appropriate methods depending on the patient's needs, schemas, allows to obtain effective results in the psychotherapy of personality disorders. Importantly, cognitive-behavioral therapy is not based on the attachment theory, and the personality disorder patients' problems often are related to unsatisfied needs in childhood and the type of attachment formed. The cognitive-behavioral approach allows to adapt methods from a wide range of scientifically based psychotherapeutic modalities in the context of the cognitive model.