Psychoeducation of Borderline Patients
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Conditions studied: Borderline Personality Disorder
In brief
Recent research suggests that BPD is a common, serious but treatable disorder with a better than previously recognized prognosis. Despite these findings, many patients with BPD are not given the borderline diagnosis by the mental health professionals treating them. It is also true that many newly diagnosed borderline patients are not provided with up-to-date information on the disorder even though psychoeducation has been found to be a useful form of treatment for other serious psychiatric illnesses. The investigators have conducted a preliminary randomized trial of psychoeducation for BPD that found that those provided with immediate psychoeducation had a significantly greater reduction in two core symptoms of BPD--general impulsivity and stormy relationships--than those with delayed psychoeducation. However, both instruction and assessment of change over time were conducted in person by paraprofessionals. The importance of the current study is that it will allow the investigators to develop and test the efficacy of an internet-based program of psychoeducation for BPD that will be both cost efficient and easy to disseminate widely, particularly to underserved populations.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01719731
- Run by
- Mclean Hospital
- People needed
- 80
- Starts
- 2013-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-09-25
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 30. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Female
- Ages 18 to 30
- Meets criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder
- Intelligence Quotient must be 71 or higher
You may not qualify if…
- Males
- Schizophrenia
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Bipolar I
- Serious Substance Use Disorder
- Subjects cannot be in treatment at baseline
Where it is running
- McLean Hospital — Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
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