Outcome of Crisis Intervention for Subjects With Borderline Personality Disorder or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Status unconfirmed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Borderline Personality Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders

In brief

Dr. Laddis will test a hypothesis about the nature and the management of behavioral crises in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The term "behavioral crisis" is used strictly for periods of uncontrollable urges to repeat mental or outward activity, e.g., flashbacks, cutting, binging on food, drugs or sex, with no intervals to rethink one's priorities or to consider others' direction. The clinical hypothesis states, in two steps, that: 1. the perception of a life crisis precedes and then underlies every behavioral crisis; 2. the behavioral crisis resolves promptly and all symptoms end if the clinicians engage the patient about his management of the life crisis that underlies the symptoms.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00269139

Run by

Laddis, Andreas, M.D.

People needed

40

Last updated by the study team

2006-02-20

Who can join

Age: 19 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosed with BPD or PTSD, with a structured interview according to the current diagnostic manual
• In behavioral crisis

You may not qualify if…

• Brain damage
• Currently intoxicated with alcohol or drugs or in withdrawal

Where it is running

• Cape Cod and Islands Community Mental Health Center — Pocasset, Massachusetts, United States

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