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Early intervention strategies with borderline clients
- Author:
- CORWIN Maria DeOca
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 77(1), January 1996, pp.40-49.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
The author discusses the treatment needs of the young, self-destructive, unstable borderline client. A practice approach reformulated on the basis of recent research findings on borderline developmental history and course of illness is presented. This approach employs strategies derived from trauma recovery and brief treatment to address self-destructiveness and high rates of attrition in this clinic population as well as the demands of managed mental health care for briefer, more effective treatment. Pragmatic goals and structured, focused intervention for initial contacts for the early stage of treatment are outlined and illustrated.