Effectiveness of the Iconic Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms
Personality Disorder, Borderline
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Personality Disorder, Borderline focused on measuring Terapia Iconica, BPD, adolescence, suicide
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged 15-25 years old
- Suicidal ideation and/or self-injuring behavior
- BPD behavioural trends defined as the cut point for alarming BPD traits (>38 score) on Exploratory Questionnaire of Personality-III-BPD (CEPER-III-BPD)
- Sufficiently proficient in Spanish to follow the treatment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Antisocial personality disorder as measured in the Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV Axis II) (SCID-II)
- Substance or alcohol abuse
- High suicidal risk
- Negative expectations to be enrolled in the study as measured < 35 by the Expectation of Treatment Scale (ETS)
Sites / Locations
- Silvia E. Hurtado-Santiago
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Iconic Therapy
Support therapy
The Iconic Therapy program consists of two parts: a) an intensive program of 10-12-week basic skills group 60-minute duration with a range of 6 to 8 face-to-face inserted sessions and b) an additional one-year program of 4 to 6 gradually less frequent face-to-face sessions. The groups are typically lead by two trainers -therapist and co-therapist- for about 8-12 outpatients. Added to these established sessions, a variable number of face-to-face individual sessions with the principal investigator will also take place. They will depend on participant´s requirements. They will consist on coaching their demands and providing human support throughout the study.
Support therapy consist of 10-12 weekly group sessions of 60-minute duration. Patients and trainers will learn and debate about different behavioral aspects of the borderline personality disorder: emotional instability and impulses control, Jacobson relaxation technique, self-image and communicational styles, mindfulness, self-esteem or social skills to name a few. The groups are typically lead by two trainers -therapist and co-therapist- for about 8-12 outpatients.Added to these established group sessions, a variable number of face-to-face individual sessions with the principal investigator will also take place. They will depend on participant´s requirements. They will consist on coaching their demands and providing human support throughout the study.