Borderline personality disorder Mental and Behavioural Disorders Specific personality disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Mentalisation based therapy (MBT) compared with structured clinical management (SCM):
1. MBT consists of mentalising focus work in an individual session and a group session once per week
2. SCM consis
Sponsors
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis of BPD2 2. Suicide attempt or episode of severe self-harm within last six months 3. Aged 18 - 65 years, either sex
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Currently in a long term psychotherapeutic treatment 2. Meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for psychotic disorder or bipolar I disorder 3. Have opiate dependence with physiological dependence requiring specialist treatment 4. Have mental impairment or evidence of organic brain disorder
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The presence or absence or frequency in a 6-month period of severe parasuicidal behaviour as indicated by: 1. Suicide attempt 2. Life-threatening self-harm 3. Hospital admission. Hospital is included because in general mental health services patients with BPD are primarily offered in-patient care in anticipation of suicide attempts and during episodes of severe self-harm. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Psychiatric symptoms 2. Social and interpersonal function Measured at baseline and at 6-monthly intervals to the end of treatment and then yearly over the follow-up period. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed