None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
To date, there is an absence of specific studies evaluating peer support services for individuals with BPD. This study aims to explore whether a peer support group model is helpful for individuals with BPD. Individuals with BPD will also complete a questionnaire prior to starting the group program to measure mental health symptoms before and after the group program. It is hypothesised that participants in the intervention group will experience an improvement in mental health symptoms and BPD symptoms, and that participants in the waitlist condition will experience no change.
Interventions
Brief Name: Peer Support Group Program
Materials Used: The materials used in the intervention include the facilitator manual, participant workbook, and other materials as outlined in the facilitator manual (e.g., art supplies, a whiteboard).
Procedures: The Peer Support Group Program will be based on the manual developed by the Project Air Strategy for Personality Disorders entitled Peer Support for People with Personality Disorder: A Peer and Clinician Co-Facilitated Group Intervention – Fac
Brief Name: Peer Support Group Program Materials Used: The materials used in the intervention include the facilitator manual, participant workbook, and other materials as outlined in the facilitator manual (e.g., art supplies, a whiteboard). Procedures: The Peer Support Group Program will be based on the manual developed by the Project Air Strategy for Personality Disorders entitled Peer Support for People with Personality Disorder: A Peer and Clinician Co-Facilitated Group Intervention – Facilitator Manual (Ng et al., 2018). The group includes psychological education delivered by the peer worker and clinician, and group members sharing their experiences with one another as they feel comfortable. The intervention has been altered by the researchers to better suit a stepped down model of the peer support group following psychological therapy. Each week the topic of the program will be different. Who will deliver intervention: The intervention will be facilitated by one peer worker and one clinician. Content/topics covered by the peer worker and clinician facilitator: self-stigma and strengths, self-compassion and self-care, creative recovery practices, personal recovery The mode of training used: psychological education, interactive activities The mode of administration: Groups of 6 to 8 people Mode of delivery: The Peer Support Group Program will be delivered face-to-face in a group setting. In the situation where COVID-19 regulations do not permit face-to-face delivery, the group will be delivered via videoconference through Zoom. Number of times intervention will be delivered: The intervention will occur once a week for 2 hours over a period of 6 weeks. Location: The intervention will be delivered at the University of Wollongong. Intervention Adherence: Adherence to the intervention will be determined by a researcher and the peer worker and clinician co-facilitators using an adherence rating that was developed by the researchers, based on the Peer Support Group Program manual.
Sponsors
The Project Air Strategy for Personality Disorders, University of Wollongong
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1) Person has a lived experience of borderline personality disorder (BPD) 2) Person has previously received psychological therapy 3) Person is comfortable in a group treatment setting
Exclusion criteria
1) Person has made a suicide attempt in the past 3 months.
Outcome results
None listed