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NCT Number: NCT02988037

Adapted Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents With Deliberate Self-Harm: A Pre-post Observational Study

The investigators conducted a pre-post naturalistic study regarding changes observed associated with a 15-week course of an adapted form of dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents. We measured frequency of self-harm prior to treatment and after treatment using the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview. We also measured changes using the Suicide Ideation Questionnaire, Life Problems Inventory, Resiliency Scale for Children and Adolescents.

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Key information

Conditions

Deliberate Self Harm Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Borderline Personality Disorder Mental Disorders Personality Disorders Self-Injurious Behavior

Age range

15 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • features of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and recent history of self-injurious thoughts or behaviours.
  • meeting criteria for BPD or for subsyndromal variants of BPD, and (2) self-injurious thoughts and behaviours defined as: (a) a score > 30 on the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ) OR (b) Deliberate Self-harm in the 4 months prior to treatment

Exclusion criteria

  • severe substance use (where residential treatment would be indicated), florid psychosis and developmental delay

Treatment and study plan

A-DBT-A

Behavioral

Adapted Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Frequency of Deliberate Self-harm

    Time frame: 15 weeks

    Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview was performed by clinicians. Using the scale the investigators rated the frequency of deliberate self-harm of participants (with or without suicidal intent) as "most days", "twice or more per week", "once or more per week", "less than once per week", "less than once per 2 weeks" and "less than once a month" or "no self-harm" in the 4 month interval prior to treatment and the 4 month interval during treatment.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire

    Time frame: 15 weeks

    Self-report measure was requested a baseline and end of treatment to measure the severity of suicidal ideas.

  2. Life Problems Inventory

    Time frame: 15 weeks

    Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder were measured by a self-report form at baseline and post-treatment.

  3. Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents

    Time frame: 15 weeks

    RSCA is a self-report measure that was performed at baseline and post-treatment.

  4. Attrition from therapy

    Time frame: 15 weeks

    If participants missed 4 or more individual therapy sessions; OR 4 or more group sessions, they were considered to have "dropped out" of therapy.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Ottawa

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Dec 9, 2016
Registry last updated
Dec 12, 2016

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