Evaluation of a grouptraining for adolescents (Emotion Regulation Training) with emotion regulation problems - a randomised controlled clinical trial.
- Conditions
- 64 Adolescents who followed the Emotion Regulation Training will be compared to 64 adolescents who had treatment as usual only.Keywords:Borderline Personality DisorderAdolescentsTherapyRCTNederlands:Borderline persoonlijkheidsstoornisAdolescententherapieRCT
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON22089
- Lead Sponsor
- Accare University Centre for Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry Groningen, the Netherlands
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 128
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age 14-18 years;
2. Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days;
3. At least two other DSM-IV criteria of BPD; 4. Minimum score of 15 on the Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index - adolescent version.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Psychotic disorders (except short, reactive psychotic episodes);
2. Conduct disorder;
3. Addiction of such severity that clinical detoxification is indicated;
4. Mental retardation (IQ less than 80).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome measures at baseline, directly after the training and at 6 months follow-up: <br>1. Severity of Borderline Personality symptoms (BPDSI-IV-adolescents, semi-structured interview) measuring the current severity and frequency of the DSM-IV BPD manifestations; <br>2. Life Problems Inventory (LPI, questionnaire), measuring the main symptoms of BPD.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcome measures at baseline, directly after the training and at 6 months follow-up:<br>1. DSM diagnosis axis II (PDQ-4, parts of k-SADS and SCID-II); <br>2. mental health disorders (CDI, RAPI, SCL-90, SDQ); 3. Locus of Control (MALC-ERT); <br>4. Quality of Life (YQOL); <br>5. Raising style, parental stress and parental functioning (EMBU, PSI and GHQ); <br>6. Consumption of public health services; 7. global functioning (CGAS or GAF score).<br>