Early intervention for adolescents with borderline personality disorder using cognitive analytic therapy: randomised controlled trial.

Comparing three forms of early intervention for youth with borderline personality disorder (the MOBY study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND Borderline personality disorder is a severe mental disorder that usually has its onset in youth, but its diagnosis and treatment are often delayed. Psychosocial 'early intervention' is effective in improving symptoms and behaviours, but no trial has studied adaptive functioning as a primary outcome, even though this remains the major persistent impairment in this patient group. Also,...

The Effect of Interpersonal and Social Cycle Therapy on Impulsivity, Distress Tolerance, and Emotional Regulation Difficulties in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder: a Case-Control Study: Assessment of Two Patients

Introduction: Patients with borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder have difficulty managing emotions that lead to distress and impulsivity. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of interpersonal and social cycle therapy on impulsivity, distress tolerance and emotional regulation difficulties in patients with borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder. Methods...

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Mentalization Based Therapy and Cognitive-Analytical Therapy on Ego Strength and Defense Mechanisms of People with Borderline Personality Disorder

Aims: Mentalization based therapy (MBT) and cognitive-analytical therapy (CAT) are few psychotherapy approaches offering specific methods for the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Therefore, the purpose of this study was comparison of the effectiveness of MBT and CAT on improving the ego strength and defense mechanisms of people with BPD. Material and Methods: This was an qua...

Influence of therapist competence and quantity of cognitive behavioural therapy on suicidal behaviour and inpatient hospitalisation in a randomised controlled trial in borderline personality disorder: Further analyses of treatment effects in the BOSCOT study. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research

The assessment and treatment of people with personality disorder are complicated by the heterogeneity of symptoms within individual disorders and high levels of comorbidity among disorders

are complicated by the heterogeneity of symptoms within individual disorders and high levels of comorbidity among disorders. 3 A meta-analytic review of randomised controlled trial (RCT) evaluations of a range of specialist treatments for personality disorder showed encouraging results compared with standard care. Nevertheless, the strength of evidence was variable: trials were often underpower...