Borderline personality disorder Mental and Behavioural Disorders Emotionally unstable personality disorder
Conditions
Interventions
The DBT-based parenting training evaluated in this study is the Dutch version of the training for mothers with BPD developed by Renneberg and Rosenbach (2016). The main goal is to address the specific
Sponsors
GGZ Noord-Holland-Noord
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 120 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. A full diagnosis of BPD: meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) criteria for BPD measured by a SCID-P-5, a structured clinical interview (Arntz et al., 2017) 2. Aged above 18 years 3. The primary caregiver to at least one child under the age of 8 years at the start of the group; whereby the acute welfare of the child was not endangered 4. Dutch speaking; able to comprehend Dutch at a level sufficient to complete self-report instruments, the assignments, the group training and individual sessions 5. Willing and able to commit to attending a 2-hour group once a week for 12 weeks, all measurements and 45 minutes individual session every other week
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Lifetime psychosis or bipolar disorder type I 2. Insufficient cognitive capacity to comprehend the topics being discussed; screened by the SCIL (screener for intelligence and learning difficulties) with a cut-off score of 19 (Kaal et al. 2015) 3. Significant substance abuse that would have an impact on group functioning; as per clinical judgement following discussion with the research team 4. Start of new medication within 3 months before the start of this study Participants will not be excluded due to concurrent treatment (pharmacological or non-pharmacological)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Parenting behaviour measured using the Dutch version of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) at T=0 before baseline, T=1 start of treatment, T=2 mid-treatment, T=3 end of treatment and T=4 follow-up 2. Parental stress measured using the Dutch Parental Stress Index-child report (Nijmeegse Ouderlijke Stress Index Kinderen; NOSI-K) at T=0 before baseline, T=1 start of treatment, T=2 mid-treatment, T=3, end of treatment and T=4 follow-up 3. Idiosyncratic outcome measured using a short 15-item idiosyncratic assessment (IA) biweekly during the baseline and treatment phase (T=0 to T=3), biweekly during the baseline and treatment phase | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Potential confounding factor: group atmosphere measured using the Group Session Rating Scale (GSRS) weekly at Weeks 1 -12 during treatment | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed