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Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder

NCT00055315 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 383

Last updated 2017-03-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will expose patients to either a Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) or treatment as usual (TAU) to determine the more effective therapy for treating borderline personality disorder.

Conditions

  • Borderline Personality Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS)

STEPPS is a 20-week, manual-based, psychoeducational group treatment that combines skills training with cognitive-behavioral techniques. It includes a systems component to train family members, friends, and significant others.

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment As Usual (TAU)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Iowa

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-07-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2011-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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