Group Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Borderline Personality Disorder; Mental Health - Psychosis and personality disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000158965
• Lead Sponsor: Murdoch University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-02-09
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

1.Age 18-65 years
2.Primary DSM-IV diagnosis of BPD (assessed with the SCID-II interview)
3.BPD severity above 20 on the BPDSI interview
4.Willingness to participate in the study (informed consent procedure)
5.Ability to participate in (group) treatment and research for 2 years (e.g., no plans to move to another city).

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 the language used at the site (in case of suspicion an official language test is to be used)
4.Bipolar disorder type 1 (SCID-1)
5.Dissociative Identity Disorder (confirmed by senior investigators)
6.Full or sub-threshold (defined as one less than the number of criteria to qualify for the diagnosis) narcissistic or antisocial personality disorder (SCID-2)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified