Personality Disorder, Borderline Clinical Trial
Official title:
Evaluating the Effectiveness of 'The Endeavour Programme': DBT for Irish Adults With Borderline Personality Disorder
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for adults
with Borderline Personality Disorder attending Community Mental Health Services in Cork,
Ireland.
The main objective of the current study is to determine if completion of a 12 month DBT
programme is associated with improved outcomes in terms of borderline symptoms, anxiety,
hopelessness, suicidal behaviour, depression and quality of life.
A secondary objective includes assessing client progress across multiple time-points
throughout the treatment.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is noted to be an intervention with a growing evidence
base which demonstrates its effectiveness in treating individuals with Borderline
Personality Disorder (BPD). Nine randomised controlled trials have been completed at six
independent sites. These trials have found a reduction in suicidal behaviours, intentional
self-injury, depression, hopelessness and other difficulties associated with this mental
health diagnosis.
While the efficacy of DBT has been demonstrated through multiple RCTs, few studies have
examined the effectiveness of DBT in community mental health settings. In particular, no
study to our knowledge has evaluated the standard 12-month DBT programme for adults with BPD
in an Irish community setting. "Standard" DBT is delivered by a team of multidisciplinary
mental health professionals, and comprises of individual therapy sessions for each patient,
group skills training sessions, phone coaching and consultation meetings for the clinicians
on the DBT team.
The current study thus aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the standard 12-month DBT
programme (The Endeavour Programme) in an Irish community setting.
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