The effectiveness of Mentalization-Based Treatment-early (MBT-early) in adolescents with emerging borderline-personality disorder: a single case experimental desig

Conditions: Borderline personality disorder
10034726

Registration Number: NL-OMON55944

Lead Sponsor: De Viersprong

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 6

Inclusion Criteria

a) age between 12 and 18 years,
b) Three to six traits of borderline personality disorder as assessed by the
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Syndrome Disorders
c) Mild to moderate disability with regard to functioning in school, at home
and in the peer group.

Exclusion Criteria

a) presence of a primary diagnosis that requires other specialist treatment
(e.g. autism
spectrum disorder, chronic psychotic disorder, severe eating disorder of sever
substance abuse disorder),
b) More than one comorbid classification,
c) IQ < 75,
d) Severe disability with regard to functioning in school, at home and in the
peer group representative for later stage BPD.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Primary outcome of the study are (1) the level of personality functioning as<br /><br>assessed by the Level of Personality Functioning Scale-Brief form, version 2.0<br /><br>(LPFS-BF-2.0, 12 items) and (2) depressive symptoms as asssessed by the Patient<br /><br>Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2, 2 items).<br /><br><br /><br>The questionnaire for the current study comprises in total 23 items. See<br /><br>appendix E1 Vragenlijst SCED - V1 - 20230913 for the questionnaire.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secundary outcomes are (1) mentalizing capacities as assessed by the Reflective<br /><br>Function Questionnaire for Youth-5 (RFQY-5); and (2) epistemic trust, as<br /><br>assessed by 4 selected items from the Questionnaire Epistemic Trust (QET).<br /><br><br /><br>The composite questionnaire for the current study comprises in total 23<br /><br>items.See appendix E1 Vragenlijst SCED - V1 - 20230913 for the questionnaire.<br /><br><br /><br>Other<br /><br>At the first assessment, adolescents will complete six questions concerning<br /><br>demographic variables such as their living situation, nationality, level of<br /><br>education, and current school situation. Demographic variables will be used to<br /><br>describe the population of participants.<br /><br><br /><br></p><br>