Personality Disorders
Conditions
Brief summary
The assessment of the efficacy of a structured, dimension-based, STI (Short Term Intervention) in de-compensated Personality-disorder, hospitalized, patients
Detailed description
The current study attempts to design a short-term intervention aimed at stabilizing decompensate personality disorder patients in hospitalization. The study is structured as a pilot study, thus will enroll 20 patients only. Patients, upon being hospitalized and after signing the consent to participate in the study, will be randomized to two groups: The first will be treated by the novel, LOOP, concept' the other will be TAU, as routinely done with PersDis patients in the investigators facility. The outcome parameters will be changes in series of questionnaires filled upon being enrolled and at the end of the intervention. Another outcome parameter will be readmission rates in the post-intervention period (3 months). The LOOP conceptualizes the psyche by a three-dimension structure: the space (the potential of experiencing, the place where the investigators experiences occur), the content (the experiences themselves; action, thoughts, feelings, experiences and being) and the order (the relationship between the various contents). The LOOP intervene with these three dimensions by a structures scheme, aimed at allowing the patient to quickly reclaim the responsibility on his psyche, stabilize and initiate long-term rehabilitation processes.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALLOOP
The LOOP conceptualizes the psyche by a three-dimension structure: the space (the potential of experiencing, the place where our experiences occur), the content (the experiences themselves; action, thoughts, feelings, experiences and being) and the order (the relationship between the various contents). The LOOP intervene with these three dimensions by a structures scheme, aimed at allowing the patient to quickly reclaim the responsibility on his psyche, stabilize and initiate long-term rehabilitation processes.
Sponsors
Shalvata Mental Health Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Cluster 2 diagnosis * No suicide attemts 1 month prior to admission * Regularly treated * An active support system * No urgent need for Rx changes
Exclusion criteria
* Drug abuse * An active Axis 1 diagnosis that requires change in Rx * Unable to read/write fluently
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Questionnaires | up to 28 days | Questionnaires filled upon being enrolled and at the end of the intervention |
| Readmission rates | 3 months | Readmission rates in the post-intervention period (3 months). |
Outcome results
None listed