None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Between 75 and 84 sessions of individual Schema Therapy. Each therapy comprises four fases: 1) Treatment-as-usual (minimum: 5 sessions, maximum: 14 sessions), 2) Schema Therapy case conceptualisation
Sponsors
-Bouman Mental Health Care
-Erasmus University Rotterdam
-University of Amsterdam
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 18-65 year; 2. Alcohol Dependence (AD) as primary DSM-IV substance abuse disorder 3. Primary DSM-IV diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) (beside AD); 4. BPD severity above 20 on the BPDSI interview; 5. Willingness to participate in the study (informed consent procedure); 6. Motivation to persist in abstinence of substances
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Lifetime psychotic disorder (short stress-related episodes are allowed, as described in DSM-IV BPD criterion 9); 2. IQ < 80 (in case of suspicion of low IQ, to be assessed with full intelligence test); 3. Unable to read, speak, or write Dutch; 4. ADHD (when suspected on basis of self-report the KID-SCID is used to assess ADHD) (When appropriately treated and thus in remission, not excluded.); 5. Bipolar disorder (SCID-1); 6. Homelessness 7. Schizotypical or schizoid personality disorder
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| -BPD-checklist -Ethyl Glucuronide (EtG; metabolite of alcohol) in urine sample | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1)Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index (BPDSI-week version), VAS craving for alcohol 2) Stop Signal Test, Card Playing Task, Delay Discounting Task 3) WHOQoL, Happiness Rating | — |
Contacts
Public ContactMichiel Boog
Bouman Mental Health Care
Outcome results
None listed