Metacognitive interpersonal group therapy for adolescents with avoidant personality disorder: The case of Sofia

Felix Inchausti; Gala Velázquez‐basterra; Eduardo Fonseca‐pedrero; Angus Macbeth; Raffaele Popolo; Giancarlo Dimaggio

doi:10.1002/jclp.23356

Metacognitive interpersonal group therapy for adolescents with avoidant personality disorder: The case of Sofia

Felix Inchausti, Gala Velázquez‐basterra, Eduardo Fonseca‐pedrero, Angus Macbeth, Raffaele Popolo, Giancarlo Dimaggio

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Introduction
Early intervention studies for adolescents and early adults are required to explore the acceptability and effectiveness of psychological therapies across the full range of personality disorders (PDs) beyond just borderline PD. The main aim of the current paper was to describe a Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy group adaptation for adolescents (MIT-GA) presenting with PDs featuring overcontrol and social inhibition, and in particular Avoidant PD characteristics.

Methods
We report findings from a single case of a female adolescent diagnosed with Avoidant PD providing preliminary data on feasibility and the possible effectiveness of MIT-GA.

Results
Evidence of acceptability and meaningful clinical gains are described.

Conclusions
Results suggest that MIT-GA could be a powerful treatment option in patients with generalized social avoidance who do not currently receive gold-standard psychotherapeutic treatments. This intervention also appears to be effective and cost-effective in initiating significant clinical changes in profiles of young patients with non-borderline PD symptoms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1579-1589
Journal	Journal of Clinical Psychology
Volume	78
Issue number	8
Early online date	31 Mar 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23356
Publication status	Published - Aug 2022

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adolescence
group treatment
metacognition
metacognitive interpersonal therapy
personality disorders

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