Randomised controlled trial of manualised out-patient individual and group therapy for borderline personality disorder

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Borderline personality disorder
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Specific personality disorders

Registration Number: ISRCTN27660668

Lead Sponsor: Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust (UK)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis of BPD2
2. Suicide attempt or episode of severe self-harm within last six months
3. Aged 18 - 65 years, either sex

Exclusion Criteria

1. Currently in a long term psychotherapeutic treatment
2. Meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for psychotic disorder or bipolar I disorder
3. Have opiate dependence with physiological dependence requiring specialist treatment
4. Have mental impairment or evidence of organic brain disorder

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The presence or absence or frequency in a 6-month period of severe parasuicidal behaviour as indicated by:<br>1. Suicide attempt<br>2. Life-threatening self-harm<br>3. Hospital admission. Hospital is included because in general mental health services patients with BPD are primarily offered in-patient care in anticipation of suicide attempts and during episodes of severe self-harm.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Psychiatric symptoms <br>2. Social and interpersonal function<br><br>Measured at baseline and at 6-monthly intervals to the end of treatment and then yearly over the follow-up period.