A comparison of 24-session cognitive analytic therapy and treatment as usual for participants with a personality disorder

Completed

• Conditions: Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Disorders of adult personality and behaviour; Personality Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN79596618
• Lead Sponsor: Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-05-30
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 99

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adult participants who met diagnostic criteria for a personality disorder
2. Participants who had completed at least one previous episode of therapy

Exclusion Criteria

1. Psychotic illness, substance dependence [as defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV)] and intellectual disability
2. Participants who engaged in self-harming behaviour at least monthly were excluded, and referred for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified