Mapping Aspects of Psychotherapy in Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Summary

Although dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills training is effective in the treatment of borderline personality disorder, it contains four skills modules and there is little research to guide their modular application. This study compares the unique effects of two distinct DBT skills training modules, relative to a non-DBT therapy group for adults with borderline personality disorder. Using innovative laboratory-based assessment methods, the proposed study will examine the effects of these conditions on emotional responding and interpersonal functioning, as well as clinical outcomes.

Conditions

• Borderline Personality Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Dialectical behavior therapy - emotion regulation skills training

Arm 1. Dialectical behavior therapy - emotion regulation skills training follows the emotion regulation skills DBT Skills Training Manual Second Edition and the DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets Second Edition. This group involves 6 weekly sessions. Arm 2. Dialectical behavior therapy - interpersonal effectiveness skills training follows the interpersonal effectiveness skills DBT Skills Training Manual Second Edition and the DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets Second Edition. This group involves 6 weekly sessions.

BEHAVIORAL

Dialectical behavior therapy - interpersonal effectiveness skills training

Arm 2. Dialectical behavior therapy - interpersonal effectiveness skills training follows the interpersonal effectiveness skills DBT Skills Training Manual Second Edition and the DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets Second Edition. This group involves 6 weekly sessions.

BEHAVIORAL

Interpersonal psychotherapy

Arm 3. Non-skills-oriented interpersonal psychotherapy group follows evidence-based principles on common factors in a group therapy context. This group involves 6 weekly sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

  collaborator NIH

• University of Toledo

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Katherine L Dixon-Gordon, PhD · University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

60 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-10-26

Primary Completion

2023-02-06

Completion

2023-02-06

Countries

• United States

Study Locations