1. Case formulation
2. Psychoeducation (MBT-I)
3. Weekly group therapy (MBT-G)
4. Biweekly individual therapy

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MBT aims to enhance patients' social cognition by fostering the ability to comprehend and interpret their own and others' mental states in a systematic and logical manner.

Mentalization-based Treatment (MBT) for BPD

Juul, S., Frandsen, F. W., Bo Hansen, S., Sørensen, P., Bateman, A., & Simonsen, S. (2022). A clinical illustration of short‐term mentalization‐based therapy for borderline personality disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78(8), 1567-1578.

A Clinical Illustration of Short-term MBT for BPD

4 Components of Short-term MBT

1. automatic vs. controlled (implicit vs. explicit)
2. internally based vs. externally based
3. self-oriented vs. other-oriented
4. cognitive processes vs. affective processes

4 Dimensions of Mentalization

Mentalization-based therapy theorizes that the BPD symptoms arise from rapid and frequent shifts from mentalistic to altered modes of mentalizing in functioning and perceiving the world, especially in interpersonal contexts. 

Theoretical Framework in Understanding BPD Based on MBT 

1. Biological predisposition
2. Traumatic events
3. Dysfunctional attachment relationship
4. Atypical caregiving experiences

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