Personality Disorders and PTSD
Dr. Stefan Röpke, M.D.
Members of the Clinical Research Group
Dr. med. Olaf Schulte-Herbrüggen, M.D.
Scharif Bahri, M.D.
Anke Rüter, psychologist
Rita Thill, Head Nurse
This module is mainly concerned with the treatment and research of personality disorders, especially personality disorders of the so-called B-cluster (borderline, histrionic, narcissistic). Clinically we offer a 3-month program of Dialectic-Behavioural-Therapy (Linehan) for the treatment of female and male patients with borderline personality disorder. For this program we provide a special ward with 18 beds and an inpatient program.
- DBT-group, 90 min. 3 x a week
- single-treatment session, 45 min. once a week
- single-treatment session with a nurse, 30 min. once a week
- eating-disorder group, 45 min. once a week
- health-education group, 45 min. once a week
- patients group (without therapist), 30 min. twice a week
- Mindfulness group, once a week 45 min.
- body-therapy once a week
- running group, twice a week
- (supervision for the residents and psychologists once a week
- supervision for the nurses once a week)
- Neurobiology of psychotherapy using psychophysiological and endocrinological techniques
- Risk factors (eg. comorbidity) for treatment response to psychotherapy
- Endophenotypes of personality disorder (Family studies)
- Novel drug treatment of cluster-B personality disorder (Clonidine)
- Behavioral genetics of cluster-B personality disorder
- MEG and emotional face perception in borderline personality disorder
- Self-worth and self-concept in patients with personality disorder
- Characterization and treatment of male borderline inpatients
- Functional MRI of emotion regulation in borderline patients (Empathy and Theory of Mind Paradigm)
If you wish to communicate or collaborate with this team, please do not hesitate to contact stefan.roepke@charite.de.
