Personality Change Study for Borderline Personality Disorder

Description

Participants with borderline personality disorder will undergo an a 2 - 4 week baseline assessment to determine level of outcomes of interest in the absence of treatment. After the baseline period, participants will receive six weekly 50-60-minute treatment sessions. After the 6 treatment sessions, participants will complete a 4-week follow-up period to determine the sustainability of the treatment module.

Conditions

Borderline Personality Disorder

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Participants with borderline personality disorder will undergo an a 2 - 4 week baseline assessment to determine level of outcomes of interest in the absence of treatment. After the baseline period, participants will receive six weekly 50-60-minute treatment sessions. After the 6 treatment sessions, participants will complete a 4-week follow-up period to determine the sustainability of the treatment module.

Engaging Higher-Order Mechanisms of Psychopathology: A Parsimonious Approach to Precision Medicine

Personality Change Study for Borderline Personality Disorder

Condition
Borderline Personality Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Lexington

Clinic for Emotional Health at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40508-2307

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Speak English fluently
  • * Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder
  • * diagnosed psychological conditions that would be better addressed by alternative treatments
  • * concurrent psychotherapy
  • * medication instability
  • * substance use disorder

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Shannon E. Sauer-Zavala,

Shannon Sauer-Zavala, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Kentucky

Study Record Dates

2025-08-01