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This article posted on Science Daily explains a large, randomized trial done that proves that Schema therapy is more effective on patients with Personality Disorders than other common treatments. A personality disorder is a long-standing, inflexible, maladaptive pattern of behaving (Boyd, 401). Schema therapy focuses on the vulnerable part of the individual, the therapy is designed to break down the "barriers" and reach the vulnerable and emotional part of the patient where the therapist can then focus on adult to adult interactions (Science Daily). This type of therapy can very well be understood as effective because individuals with Personality Disorders lack social skills so in order for the patient to cooperate with the therapist effectively the therapist must first slowly and successfully break down the individuals barriers so they may open up. Both the article and the textbook agree that 10 to 15% of the North American population have a personality disorder. If other primary forms of Physcotherapy are less effective than Schema therapy like the research presented in this article show then I would like to see more research done but also a increase in the practice of Schema therapy and more adult to adult interaction therapy in treating personality disorders.

Wood, Samuel E., Ellen R. Green. Wood, and Denise Roberts. Boyd. // Mastering the World of Psychology //. Fourth ed. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2011. Print.

International Society of Schema Therapy. "Schema Therapy for personality disorders proven more effective than other major treatments." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 10 February 2014. .

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