TY - JOUR
T1 - Effectiveness of dialectical behaviour therapy for borderline personality disorder in an inpatient setting
AU - Kröger, Christoph
AU - Schweiger, Ulrich
AU - Sipos, Valerija
AU - Arnold, Ruediger
AU - Kahl, Kai G.
AU - Schunert, Tanja
AU - Rudolf, Sebastian
AU - Reinecker, Hans
PY - 2006/8
Y1 - 2006/8
N2 - This study evaluates the effectiveness of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) for borderline personality disorder (BPD) in an unselected, comorbid population seeking 3-month inpatient treatment. We studied 50 consecutively admitted individuals (44 women, six men) with BPD as defined by DSM-IV at three time points (at admission, at discharge, and at the 15-month follow-up). For the clinical diagnoses, we used the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) and compared the frequencies of comorbid axis I and axis II disorders at admission and at the 15-month follow-up. Overall, participants showed a high degree of comorbidity. Psychopathology was significantly reduced at post-treatment and at follow-up. Effect sizes for outcome measures were within the range of those of previous studies. Our findings support the notion that the results of the DBT efficacy research can be generalized to an inpatient setting and to patients with BPD disorder with high comorbidity.
AB - This study evaluates the effectiveness of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) for borderline personality disorder (BPD) in an unselected, comorbid population seeking 3-month inpatient treatment. We studied 50 consecutively admitted individuals (44 women, six men) with BPD as defined by DSM-IV at three time points (at admission, at discharge, and at the 15-month follow-up). For the clinical diagnoses, we used the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) and compared the frequencies of comorbid axis I and axis II disorders at admission and at the 15-month follow-up. Overall, participants showed a high degree of comorbidity. Psychopathology was significantly reduced at post-treatment and at follow-up. Effect sizes for outcome measures were within the range of those of previous studies. Our findings support the notion that the results of the DBT efficacy research can be generalized to an inpatient setting and to patients with BPD disorder with high comorbidity.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.brat.2005.08.012
DO - 10.1016/j.brat.2005.08.012
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 16226222
AN - SCOPUS:33745194115
SN - 0005-7967
VL - 44
SP - 1211
EP - 1217
JO - Behaviour Research and Therapy
JF - Behaviour Research and Therapy
IS - 8
ER -
