Personality disorder Mental and Behavioural Disorders Specific personality disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Weekly group art psychotherapy for up to 24 months versus treatment as usual.
Treatment as usual will conform to standards laid down in draft national guidance on the management of people with border
consideration of psychotropic medication, and the option of referral to crisis team and inpatient psychiatric treatment.
The total duration of follow-up is 30 months.
Sponsors
Imperial College London
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Either sex, aged 18 to 70 years 2. Living in the London Boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea or Westminster 3. Have a primary diagnosis of personality disorder (PD) 4. Referred to the Waterview Centre 5. Have a diagnosis of PD confirmed using the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (SCID-II)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. A primary diagnosis of a psychotic disorder, alcohol or drug dependence (those with a history of transient psychotic symptoms and non-dependent substance misuse will be included) 2. Already in receipt of art, music or another arts therapy 3. Currently being treated on a compulsory basis (under the Mental Health Act) 4. Unwilling to provide written informed consent to participate in the trial
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical Outcomes Routine Evaluation at 30 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Mental health measured using the CORE at 6 and 18 months 2. Social functioning measures using the Social Functioning Questionnaire at 6, 18 and 30 months 3. Satisfaction with care using the 8-item Client Satisfaction Questionnaire at 6, 18 and 30 months 4. Quality of life using Euro-Qol at 6, 18 and 30 months 5. Frequency of suicidal acts and acts of deliberate self harm collected via a self-report questionnaire developed specifically for the study and measured at at 6, 18 and 30 months 6. Direct costs (healthcare and non-health care) and productivity costs will be calculated for at 18 and 30 months. Service utilisation data will be collected via a self-report questionnaire developed specifically for the study 7. Global Assessment of Functioning, a 100-point single item, observer-rated scale that rates functioning on a continuum from health to illness rated at 6, 18 and 30 months | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed