Impact of Therapist Change on Dropout in a Naturalistic Sample of Inpatients With Borderline Pathology Receiving DBT

Completed

• Conditions: PostTraumatic Stress Disorder; Psychotherapy; Borderline Personality Disorder; Dropout
• Interventions: Behavioral: Dialectical Behavior Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT03018639
• Lead Sponsor: Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bielefeld gGmbH

Brief Summary

Participants with Borderline pathology (≥ 3 DSM-IV-criteria) receiving an inpatient Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program completed a quality assurance questionnaire set assessing demographic information and pretreatment psychopathology during the days of their inpatient stay. Beyond that, changes of therapists were documented.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-12
• Primary Completion: 2016-08
• Study Completion: 2016-08
• Status Verified: 2017-01
• Study First Submitted: 2017-01-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-01-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-01-11
• Study First Posted: 2017-01-12
• Last Update Posted: 2017-01-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 89

Inclusion Criteria

• three or more criteria for BPD as defined by DSM-IV (Borderline Personality characteristics; BPC)

Exclusion Criteria

• inability to contract and consent,
• other severe mental disorders (bipolar disorder, acute psychosis),
• current alcohol,
• illicit or not prescribed drug use,
• simultaneous participation in other treatment studies,
• pregnancy or breastfeeding,
• an inability to negotiate a non-suicide agreement,
• ongoing traumatic contact with the perpetrator, and
• a Body Mass Index < 16.5.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Dialectical Behavior Therapy	Dialectical Behavior Therapy	The program's purpose is to help patients achieve the following therapeutic goals: (1) reduction of suicidal behaviors, (2) reduction of therapy-interfering behaviors, and (3) other risky or destabilizing behaviors. Standard DBT aims to achieve these goals by (1) conveying behavioral capabilities (skills), (2) motivation for applying these skills, (3) generalization of learned skills to the patient's natural environment, (4) structuring the treatment environment to reinforce functional behavior, and (5) conveying therapeutic resources and motivation to effectively treat patients with BPD.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dropout	10 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Research Department; 🇩🇪 Bielefeld, Germany