Implementation of out-patient schema-focused therapy for borderline personality disorder in regular mental healthcare.

Completed

• Conditions: Out-patient Schema Therapy for patients with a borderline personality disorder.Ambulante schematherapie voor patiënten met een borderline persoonlijkheidsstoornis.

• Registration Number: NL-OMON22039
• Lead Sponsor: ZonMw Grant application 945-16-313asand GGZinGeest

Brief Summary

adort, M., Dyck, R. van, Smit, J. H., Giesen-Bloo, J., Eikelenboom, M., Wensing, M., Spinhoven, P., Dirksen, C., Bleecke, J., Milligen, B. van, Vreeswijk, M. van & Arntz, A. (2009). Three Preparatory Studies for Promoting Implementation of Outpatient Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder in general mental health care. Submitted Behaviour Research and Therapy.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 28 February 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 62

Inclusion Criteria

Patients (aged 18-60) are eligible to participate if their main diagnosis is a Borderline Personality Disorder according to the DSM-IV criteria. The Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (SCID-II) (First, Gibbon, et al., 1997; Weertman, Arntz, et al., 2000) will be used for assessing the diagnosis BPD. In addition, the level of symptom severity should be > 20 on the Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index (BPDSI-IV). (Arntz, van den Hoorn, et al., 2003; Giesen-Bloo, Wachters, et al., 2006). Co morbid axis-I and axis-II disorders are allowed as is medication use.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients are excluded from the study if they suffer from one or more of the following disorders: a psychotic disorder (except short, reactive psychotic episodes), bipolar disorder, dissociative identity disorder, antisocial personality disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, addiction of such severity that clinical detoxification is indicated (after which entering treatment is possible), psychiatric disorders secondary to medical conditions and mental retardation or if they do not have sufficient command of the Dutch language necessary to participate in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified