Effectiveness of Group Based Schema Therapy in the Treatment of Personality Disorders

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Personality Disorder, Borderline; Avoidant Personality Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Schema Therapy; Behavioral: standard care

• Registration Number: NCT00247234
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

This study intends to compare the effectiveness of schema therapy with standard psychiatric outpatient care for patients with borderline or avoidant personality disorder.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-09
• Study First Submitted: 2005-10-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2005-10-31
• Study First Posted: 2005-11-01
• Primary Completion: 2011-06
• Study Completion: 2015-01
• Status Verified: 2017-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-09-20
• Last Update Posted: 2017-09-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

• Avoidant or Borderline personality disorders

Exclusion Criteria

• Do not speak Scandinavian languages
• Antisocial personality disorder
• Narcissistic personality disorder
• Affective bipolar disorder I
• Schizophrenia
• Mental impairment/organic brain disorder
• Substance dependence
• Planned pregnancy
• Serious somatic illness
• Anorexia Nervosa

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
schema therapy	Schema Therapy	-
standard care	standard care	standard psychiatric out-patient care

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
quality of life	5 years	Self-report measures
depression	5 years	Self-report measures
anxiety	5 years	Self-report measures
suicidal ideation	5 years	Self-report measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Use of psychotropic medication	5 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

St. Olavs Hospital; 🇳🇴 Trondheim, Norway