Borderline Personality Disorder
Conditions
Brief summary
The present research aims at examining the effectiveness of a specific set of therapist relational interventions and attitudes, called the Motive-Oriented Therapeutic Relationship (MOTR), based on Plan Analysis (Caspar, 2007) in the early-phase treatment of patients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. The investigators intend to include N = 80 outpatients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, consulting at the Outpatient Personality Disorder Program of the Karl Jaspers Clinical Unit, in collaboration with the Institute of Psychotherapy, at the Department of Psychiatry-CHUV, University of Lausanne and in collaboration with the University of Berne, Switzerland. Patients are assigned by chance to two treatment conditions 1) Control condition (General Psychiatric Management; Gunderson & Links, 2008) and 2) MOTR-condition. The investigators hypothesize better results in the MOTR-condition, as compared to the control condition in terms of symptom reduction pre-post. The conduct of the study represents a significant contribution to the understanding and enhancement of relationship aspects in the treatment of patients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder which may be of potential benefit for these patients.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPsychiatric Management
BEHAVIORALMotive-oriented therapeutic relationship/Plan Analysis
Sponsors
University of Lausanne Hospitals
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* DSM-IV Borderline Personality Disorder; * between 18 and 65 yrs of age
Exclusion criteria
* DSM-IV psychotic disorders, * mental retardation, * substance abuse in the forefront
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Outcome Questionnaire -45.2 (Lambert et al., 2004) | 3 months | pre- post- intervention in a randomized controlle trial; measure of symptom reduction over 3 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (Horowitz et al., 1988) | 3 months | Measure of interpersonal problems after 3 months of therapy |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Borderline Symptom List (Bohus, 2009) | 3 months | Symptom reduction of borderline symptoms over 3 months of treatment |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed