Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) for borderline personality disorder (BPD) involves helping people understand their own mental state and the feelings of others. This helps people regulate their ...

Mentalization-based treatment helps people reflect upon and redirect urges and impulses. Researchers have found that mentalization may be an undervalued treatment for people in addiction recovery.

Mentalization-based therapy (MBT) focuses on developing the ability to understand how your mental state intersects with the mental states of those around you. Your mood and emotions make up what’s ...

In a recent conversation with a friend, I mentioned 'mentalization.' They stared at me—a stare that communicated, "Are you making this up?" It was as if I had invented the term to sound smart and ...