A Dismantling Study of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Skills: Investigating the Effectiveness of Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills Groups

Not Applicable

Recruiting

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

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618001687280
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Queensland

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-10-12
• Last Update Posted: 7 October 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 108

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects are clients open to the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Logan Hospital, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Prince Charles Hospital and Caboolture Hospital, meeting DSM-5 criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder (at least 5 out of 9 criteria). Criterion 4 and/or 5 must be met.

Exclusion Criteria

Intellectual functioning that would limit understanding elements of treatment (IQ<80)
Currently on an Involuntary Treatment Order
Acute psychosis
Behaviours that endanger the safety or wellbeing of other group members (eg aggression, violence)
Severe substance abuse
Disabling organic conditions that would interfere with engagement in and benefit from the program
Florid antisocial behaviour
Receiving psychotherapy from another source and unwilling to cease

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Distress tolerance skills as measured by the DBT Ways of Coping Checklist (DBT WoCCL)[At assessment of suitability for DBT program<br>Time 1 - day of completion of first module of DBT<br>Time 2 - day of completion of second module of DBT<br>Time 3 - day of completion of third module of DBT];Emotion regulation skills as measured by the Disorders of Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)[At assessment of suitability for DBT program<br>Time 1 - day of completion of first module of DBT<br>Time 2 - day of completion of second module of DBT<br>Time 3 - day of completion of third module of DBT];Interpersonal effectiveness skills as measured by the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems-32 (IIP-32)[At assessment of suitability for DBT program<br>Time 1 - day of completion of first module of DBT<br>Time 2 - day of completion of second module of DBT<br>Time 3 - day of completion of third module of DBT]