Schema therapy for older adults with borderline personality disorder
- Conditions
- Schema therapy, Older adults, Personality disorder, Borderline
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24830
- Lead Sponsor
- TRANZO, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral SciencesProfessor Cobbenhagenlaan 125, 5037 DB, Tilburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 10
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria are a primary diagnosis of BPD, increased scores on the traits negative affectivity, disinhibition, and psychoticism of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5), absence of chronic somatic comorbidity which seriously affects daily life functioning, minimum age of 60 years and willingness to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria are severe depression, bipolar disorder, psychotic disorder (other than transient stress-related psychosis, if this overlaps with criterion 9 of BPD), IQ under 80, substance dependence that needs clinical detoxification and neurocognitive disorder expressed by a MMSE-score below 25.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome measure is the weekly assessed strength of idiosyncratic beliefs. These beliefs are evoked by a semi-structured procedure during the baseline phase. Each participant formulates three to five idiosyncratic dysfunctional beliefs they believe to be central to their personality disorder. Participants will rate the degree they believe each statement on a visual analogue scale (VAS) from 0 to 100% credibility.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method