The effectiveness of individual schema therapy in older adults with borderline personality disorder: a multiple-baseline study
- Conditions
- borderlineborderline personality disorder10026753
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON46456
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiteit van Tilburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 10
Inclusion Criteria
1) a primary diagnosis of BPD, assessed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Personality disorders
2) increased scores on the traits negative affectivity, disinhibition, and psychoticism of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5
3) absence of chronic somatic comorbidity which seriously affects daily life functioning
4) minimum age of 60 years
5) willingness to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
1) Severe depression
2) Bipolar disorder
3) Psychotic disorder (other than transient stress-related psychosis, if this overlaps with criterion 9 of BPD)
4) IQ under 80
5) Substance dependence that needs clinical detoxification
6) Neurocognitive disorder expressed by a MMSE-score below 25
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcome measure is the credibility of personal, negative core<br /><br>beliefs, which are measured weekly.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary outcome measures are quality of life, psychological distress, early<br /><br>maladaptive schemas, schema modes, severity of BPD symptoms and meeting the<br /><br>criteria for BPD.</p><br>