personality disorder, elderly, schema-focused therapy persoonlijkheidsstoornis, ouderen, schema-focused therapie
Conditions
Interventions
The short-term group therapy consists of 20 sessions, 18 weekly sessions of 90 minutes and 2 booster sessions of 90 minutes, one and two months after termination of treatment.
Sponsors
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Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria are participants of sixty years and older diagnosed with a PD according to the DSM-5 (Section-II)-criteria. Patients are diagnosed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Personality Disorders (SCID II; First, Gibbon, Spitzer, Williams & Benjamin, 1997; Dutch Translation Weertman, Arntz & Kerkhofs, 2000) completed with measurements on the Gerontological Personality disorders Scale (GPS; van Alphen, Engelen, Kuin, Hoijtink & Derksen, 2006), Severity Indices of Personality Problems Short Form (SIPP-SF; derived from the SIPP-118; Verheul et al., 2008) and the Dutch informant personality questionnaire (HAP; Barendse & Thissen, 2006).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are: 1) severe cognitive impairments due to a neurodegenerative disease (MMSE<24); 2) a schizoid, schizotypal or antisocial PD; 3) substance abuse needing clinical detoxification; 4) lifetime prevalence of psychosis of bipolar disorder; 5) major psychotic depression; 6) learning disabilities (IQ<75); 7) patients with significant hearing or vision problems to such an extent that they cannot participate in a group.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Symptomatic distress Early maladaptive schemas (EMS) Schema modes (mal)adaptive personality functioning | — |
Contacts
Public ContactKim van Beest
Outcome results
None listed