Adapted Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents With Deliberate Self-Harm: A Pre-post Observational Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Deliberate Self Harm
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
- Enrollment
- 33
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Frequency of Deliberate Self-harm
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The investigators conducted a pre-post naturalistic study regarding changes observed associated with a 15-week course of an adapted form of dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents. We measured frequency of self-harm prior to treatment and after treatment using the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview. We also measured changes using the Suicide Ideation Questionnaire, Life Problems Inventory, Resiliency Scale for Children and Adolescents.
Investigators
Darren Courtney
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry
University of Ottawa
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •features of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and recent history of self-injurious thoughts or behaviours.
- •meeting criteria for BPD or for subsyndromal variants of BPD, and (2) self-injurious thoughts and behaviours defined as: (a) a score \> 30 on the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ) OR (b) Deliberate Self-harm in the 4 months prior to treatment
Exclusion Criteria
- •severe substance use (where residential treatment would be indicated), florid psychosis and developmental delay
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Frequency of Deliberate Self-harm
Time Frame: 15 weeks
Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview was performed by clinicians. Using the scale the investigators rated the frequency of deliberate self-harm of participants (with or without suicidal intent) as "most days", "twice or more per week", "once or more per week", "less than once per week", "less than once per 2 weeks" and "less than once a month" or "no self-harm" in the 4 month interval prior to treatment and the 4 month interval during treatment.
Secondary Outcomes
- Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire(15 weeks)
- Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents(15 weeks)
- Attrition from therapy(15 weeks)
- Life Problems Inventory(15 weeks)