Effectiveness and safety of the adjunctive use of an internet-based self-management intervention for borderline personality disorder in addition to care as usual: results from a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe mental disorder that is often inadequately treated.

Objective

To determine if adding a self-management intervention to care as usual (CAU) is effective and safe.

Design

Randomised, controlled, rater-blind trial. Duration of treatment and assessments: 12 months.

Setting

Secondary care, recruited mainly via the internet.

Participants

Patients with BPD and BPD Severity Index (BPDSI) of at least 15.

Interventions

CAU by treating psychiatrist and/or psychotherapist alone or adjunctive use of an internet-based self-management intervention that is based on schema therapy (priovi).

Main outcome measure

Outcomes were assessed by trained raters. The primary outcome was change in BPDSI. The

SUBMITTER: Klein JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8438831 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature