A schema-focused approach to group psychotherapy for outpatients with borderline personality disorder: a randomized controlled trial

A schema-focused approach to group psychotherapy for outpatients with borderline personality disorder: a randomized controlled trial

Farrell, J. M., Shaw, I. A., & Webber, M. A. (2009). A schema-focused approach to group psychotherapy for outpatients with borderline personality disorder: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry, 40(2), 317-328. doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2009.01.002

This study tests the effectiveness of adding an eight-month, thirty-session schema-focused therapy (SFT) group to treatment-as-usual (TAU) individual psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder (BPD). Patients (N=32) were randomly assigned to SFT-TAU and TAU alone. Dropout was 0

Adult; Borderline Personality Disorder; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Female; Humans; Interview, Psychological; Middle Aged; Outpatients; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychotherapy, Group; Socioeconomic Factors; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult; Psychot

USA

Clinical

Schema therapy effectiveness

RCT