Personality disorder, substance use disorder
Conditions
Interventions
A therapeutic approach, including a group Schema Therapy as well as SafePath (a milieu-form of ST) aimed at substance use disorder and personality disorder provided in a clinical setting during 12 wee
Sponsors
No sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria are that patients have an indication for treatment in an inpatient setting for SUD (substance use disorder) at the 4life clinic at the Hoop ggz, following the Dutch guidelines (De Beer & Van de Glind, 2009). Patients have a diagnosis of DSM-5 SUD and have minimally five PD traits (this is seen as clinically significant for PD (Verheul, Bartak, & Widiger, 2007)), age 18-65 years, with an indication of at least a normal intelligence based on a completed primary and secondary education and clinical impression, and a willingness to participate in the study confirmed by a signed informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are an severe autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders, and the presence of significant risk for suicide based on psychiatric evaluation. Other exclusion criteria are the current use of heroin, methadone or another heroin replacement, acute delirium symptoms, or have otherwise specific medical needs. These clients are refered to a more medical oriented inpatient detoxification. Further, we exclude patients whose waiting list times are less than two weeks, because that allows insufficient time to gather three necessary baseline observations.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Dysfunctional core belief strength (visual analog scale 0-100) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Craving for drugs (PACS, also adapted for different substances); global impairment (OQ-45); QGR-S (visual analog scale); SCID-5-PV; SMI; YSQ (35 items); PID-5-SF | — |
Contacts
Public ContactTheodoor Kraker
de Hoop GGz
Outcome results
None listed