Compliance and patience is needed when meeting patients with personality 
disorder To encounter patients with personality disorders in health care 
settings is often challenging. Most treatment studies published have included 
only patients with borderline personality disorder. Of evaluated psychological 
treatments in borderline personality disorder, dialectical behaviour therapy 
(DBT) has the strongest research support, followed by mentalization based 
therapy (MBT). Pharmacological treatment in personality disorders should focus 
on time-limited crisis intervention and treatment of comorbidity. There are few 
studies on inpatient care of persons with personality disorder. However, there 
are some interesting projects on brief self-directed inpatient stays as crisis 
intervention. There is a consensus to avoid long inpatient stays and coercive 
measures as far as possible.