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Psychological treatment of Personality Disorders: A multi-centered randomised controlled trial on the (cost-)effectiveness of Schema-Focused Therapy

Completed
Conditions
Personality Disorder
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Specific personality disorders
Registration Number
ISRCTN17752014
Lead Sponsor
niversity Maastricht (UM) (Netherlands)
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
250
Inclusion Criteria

250 outpatients of mental health institutes in the Netherlands with a cluster-C PD, a narcissistic, histrionic or paranoid PD as defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria as first diagnosis.

Exclusion Criteria

1. IQ less than 80
2. Problems with Dutch language (talking, reading, writing)
3. Borderline, antisocial, schizoid, schizotypal personality disorder
4. Psychotic or bipolar disorder on axis-I, DSM-IV
5. Substance dependence needing clinical detoxification (after detoxification this is no longer an exclusion criterion)
6. Immediate suicide risk

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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