Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Borderline personality disorder Mental and Behavioural Disorders Borderline personality disorder
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention to be researched is a Psychoanalytic Brief Group treatment, it is a 20-week outpatient programme. There are two treatment groups. Each group will consist of 8 subjects. The control
Sponsors
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Clinical diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder meeting DSM-IV criteria and clinical judgment of capacity of psychological mindedness
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Clinical risk assessment that there may be a significant acute risk of suicide or harm to others, that there is an active psychotic illness, or that there is use of alcohol or drugs to the extent that the subject cannot engage with the treatment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Is a psychoanalytically-oriented brief group therapy an effective treatment for borderline personality disorder? | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction in self harm and suicidal ideation, reduction in symptoms and improvement in function and the cost implication of this treatment | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed