Treatment of Suicidal Women With Borderline Personality Disorder

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Borderline Personality Disorder, Suicide

In brief

This study is a component analysis of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to determine the importance of DBT skills training and DBT individual therapy in treating suicidal women with borderline personality disorder.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00183651

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

99

Starts

2004-04-01

Expected to finish

2010-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-02-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of BPD
• At least one suicide attempt in the year prior to study entry AND at least one intentional self-injury within the 8 weeks prior to study entry
• Willing and able to comply with all study requirements

You may not qualify if…

• IQ less than 70
• Life-threatening anorexia
• Street homelessness with no contact information
• Admittance to a hospital with no expectation of discharge within 3 weeks prior to study entry OR sentenced to a jail or prison term that will last for more than 3 weeks
• Ordered by the court to receive psychological treatment
• Meet DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or seizure disorder
• Medical conditions other than BPD that may interfere with the study

Where it is running

• University of Washington, Department of Psychology, Behavior Research and Therapy Clinics — Seattle, Washington, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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