Effectiveness of mentalization-based therapy and dialectical behavior therapy for cluster B personality disorders: a naturalistic study of service utilization and treatment dropout
These patterns descriptively suggest that both therapies are associated with reduced service use during treatment in clinical practice. Future research should investigate which patient- and system-level characteristics can guide patients and clinicians toward the most suitable treatment for everyone, and whether these observed patterns persist beyond the treatment period.
Authors
- Arnaud Allary
- Frédéric Pérusse
- Lionel Cailhol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5931-8182)
- Simon Poirier
- François-Samuel Lahaie
- Pierre David
- Pen Yin
Institutions
- Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Mauricie-et-du-Centre-du-Québec (CA)
- Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec (CA)
- Concello de Cervo (ES)
- Centres Intégré Universitaires de Santé et de Services Sociaux (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1732940
- Primary Topic
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00