Affect regulation in psychoanalytic treatments of patients with a borderline personality disorder–psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy–a comparison

Table 1 Descriptive analysis of the patients in the therapy groups psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy

	PSA (n = 10)	PDT (n = 9)	P value1
Mean age (yr)	30.4 ± 7.5	31.9 ± 10.2	0.719
Sex	8 f, 2 m	7 f, 2 m	0.912
Therapeutic dose (mean)	390 sessions	124 sessions	0.001
DSM IV axis II diagnosis	Borderline personality disorder
Structural diagnosis	Borderline personality organization
SWAP diagnosis
Paranoid	49.37	48.85	0.871
Schizoid	49.65	54.79	0.201
Schizotypal	51.27	53.72	0.475
Antisocial	49.22	45.62	0.132
Borderline	52.97	48.62	0.289
Histrionic	53.92	46.37	0.127
Narcissistic	50.86	46.56	0.249
Avoidant	47.78	54.18	0.037
Dependent	49.29	52.01	0.233
Obsessive-compulsive	47.65	52.51	0.245

¹P value calculated using ANOVA. PSA: Psychoanalysis; PDT: Psychodynamic psychotherapy (i.e., psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy); SWAP: Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure.