CompletedNot Applicable

ERGT for Women Engaging in NSSI - an Effectiveness Study

Sweden97 participantsStarted 2013-10

Plain-language summary

The primary aim is to investigate the effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Group Therapy (ERGT) for women who self-harm in ordinary psychiatric outpatient health care.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 65 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * NSSI a minimum of three times in the last six months * Meets at least three criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder according to DSM-IV-TR * Contact with an other individual therapist, psychiatrist, "case manager" or equal Exclusion Criteria: * Insertion/withdrawal of psychopharmacological substances within two months prior to the treatment * Other acute primary axis I diagnosis (e.g. anorexia nervosa) that demand treatment in first hand * Bipolar disorder I or primary psychosis * Current substance dependence (the last month) * Current life circumstances that would hinder the treatment (i.e. ongoing domestic abuse) * Insufficient Swedish language skills * Cocurrent treatment with Mentalization based therapy (MBT) or Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT)

What they're measuring

Frequency of non-suicidal self-injury as measured by Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory (DSHI)

Timeframe: Baseline (from inclusion to treatment start), (7 days prior to treatment start), weekly (once a week following treatment start), post-treatment (14 weeks) and six and twelve months follow-up.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01986257

SponsorKarolinska Institutet

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2014-07

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