La experiencia en la reducción sintomática con terapia dialéctica conductual de los pacientes con trastorno límite de la personalidad, comparado con aquellos que usan fármacos

摘要

The aim of this study was made to support past research, conducted in first world countries, which indicate that the Dialectical Behavior Therapy created by Marsha M. Linehan (1993), is the most effective for symptomatic reduction in patients with a formal diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. While, pharmacological treatment despite being effective in many of the symptoms comorbid with AXIS I of de DSM-IV, cannot fight the disorder at all. To do this, an investigation of ancient and modern literature was made, specifying the characteristics of borderline personality and all related features of dialectical behavior therapy and pharmacological treatment. To evaluate the results, participants were divided into two groups of 6 and each group received one type of treatment. In addition, the saturation qualitative method was used to recruit 12 participants who formed the study sample. Finally, a questionnaire with open questions was made, to help us understand the subjective part that is focus to the personal experience of each participant about each type of treatment. In this way, we can reach conclusions with the experiences that are provided which routed us to see what kind of treatment was more effective and thus compare it with the literature investigated. According to the literature, it expects to see more symptomatic reduction in the group that received dialectical behavior therapy compared to the group that will receive pharmacological treatment.