Summaries

Many patients with severe personality disorder are treated within a (day-)clinical setting. There are dangers associated with these treatments. Problems in the team group are one source of these dangers. In a clinical treatment setting, continual attention and care for the quality of team functioning are required. Team members and team processes have to be managed and supported in a way that is compatible with the treatment model of the setting. Certain organizational and intervention principles of mentalization based treatment may serve as a compass in guiding the way in which team members work together. There are two issues here: