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The Effectiveness of Group Schema Therapy in the Treatment of Borderline Symptoms in Adolescents

RecruitingNA

Sponsor: Turku University Hospital

Conditions: Borderline Symptoms, Borderline Personality Disorder

Interventions: Group schema therapy, Treatment as Usual (TAU)

Countries: Finland

The goal of this randomized and controlled trial is to assess the effectiveness of group schema therapy in the treatment of adolescents with borderline symptoms. The intervention utilizes self-recorded video material as an experiential method. The intervention comprises 30 group sessions and 8 individual sessions. Additionally, there are group sessions for the participants' parents. Participants in the control group receive treatment as usual.

Eligibility overview

Sex: ALL

Age: 15 Years to 22 Years

Healthy volunteers: No

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* The participant fulfills at least three diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder as assessed by means of the SCID-II structured clinical interview
* The participant and the participant's parent(s) are able to commit to the research protocol for the entire duration of the study
* The participant is able to participate in a research intervention in Finnish and fill out the study questionnaires in Finnish

Exclusion Criteria:

* The participant currently has psychotic symptoms or a serious risk of suicide
* The participant has been diagnosed with an intellectual disability or an autism spectrum disorder
* The main clinical diagnosis of the participant is a substance abuse disorder or substance use would endanger commitment to the research intervention
* The participant has another illness or symptom that endangers the participant's ability to complete the study
* The participant receives some other treatment specifically aimed at borderline personality disorder symptoms

Locations (1)

Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland