Progression of a Group of Patients Suffering From Emotional Dysregulation But Heterogeneous in Terms of Diagnosis, Benefiting From the DBT Group Programme.

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Conditions studied: Emotion Regulation, Emotional Disorder

In brief

Human beings experience emotions and have the ability to manage them, but when these abilities are undermined by mental illness, the result is emotional dysregulation. Borderline patients (1 to 4% of the population) suffer from this symptom and can benefit from a specific therapy: DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy; Linehan, 1993). Created specifically for this condition, DBT significantly reduces emotional dysregulation, a dimension at the root of behavioural disorders that is known to be poorly relieved by drug treatments. The DBT group training programme offers patients the opportunity to learn and practise emotional regulation skills. Four types of skills are taught skills: mindfulness, interpersonal skills, emotional regulation and and distress tolerance. This therapy is part of the psychiatric care, in which patients take responsibility in their own care. There are many studies showing the effectiveness of DBT and its programme with borderline patients. But there are other pathologies concerned by emotional dysregulation: thymic disorders in particular bipolar (1 to 2.5%), addictive disorders (8 to 10%), eating disorders (ADD, 10%), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD, 2%).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06577675

Run by

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

People needed

32

Starts

2025-04-17

Expected to finish

2026-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-06-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients affiliated to or entitled under a social security scheme
• Patients aged 18 to 65 suffering from emotional dysregulation and presenting one of the following clinical profiles: borderline disorder, bipolar disorder, addictive disorders, eating disorders, PTSD.
• Follow-up by the Saint Etienne sector (mobile teams, psychological medical centre, intra-hospital services, full-time therapeutic reception centre and day hospitals).
• DERS scale score > 94.
• Patient having received informed information about the study and having signed consent to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if…

• Psychotic disorders,
• Melancholic depression,
• Aggressive and hostile behaviour preventing group work,
• Intellectual deficit,
• Patient under guardianship.

Where it is running

• Chu Saint Etienne — Saint-Etienne, Saint Priest En Jarez, France (enrolling)

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