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Transference-focused psychotherapy v. treatment by community psychotherapists for borderline personality disorder: randomised controlled trial
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Background: Transference-focused psychotherapy is a manualised treatment for borderline personality disorder. Aims: To compare transference-focused psychotherapy with treatment by experienced community psychotherapists. Method: In a randomised controlled trial (NCT00714311) 104 female out-patients were treated for 1 year with either transference-focused psychotherapy or by an experienced community psychotherapist. Results: Significantly fewer participants dropped out of the transference-focused psychotherapy group (38.5% v. 67.3%) and also significantly fewer attempted suicide (d = 0.8, P = 0.009). Transference-focused psychotherapy was significantly superior in the domains of borderline symptomatology (d = 1.6, P = 0.001), psychosocial functioning (d = 1.0, P = 0.002), personality organisation (d = 1.0, P = 0.001) and psychiatric in-patient admissions (d = 0.5, P = 0.001). Both groups improved significantly in the domains of depression and anxiety and the transference-focused psychotherapy group in general psychopathology, all without significant group differences (d = 0.3–0.5). Self-harming behaviour did not change in either group. Conclusions: Transference-focused psychotherapy is more efficacious than treatment by experienced community psychotherapists in the domains of borderline symptomatology, psychosocial functioning, and personality organisation. Moreover, there is preliminary evidence for a superiority in the reduction of suicidality and need for psychiatric in-patient treatment.
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“There is a clear trend towards new kinds of control conditions such as CTBE (Linehan 2006; Doering 2010) or guideline-oriented treatments (Bateman 2009;McMain 2009).”
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“Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Use of random numbers, matching after inclusion of 35th patient according to severity of self-harming behaviour during the last year and personality organisation (Doering 2010, personal communication.”
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“Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk “The results of the first assessments [screening for inclusion criteria] were sent to a researcher outside the two study centers who performed the randomization.”(Doering 2010, p. 5)”
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“or any self-harming behaviour (RR 1.09; N = 104, 95% CI 0.84 to 1.40; Analysis 1.9)”
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“Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes Low risk “Research assistants who conducted assessments before randomization and after one year of treatment were blinded for the”
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“Doering 2010 report data indicating no statistically significant difference in the proportion of participants with any suicidal act (RR 0.64; N = 104, 95% CI 0.27 to 1.51; Analysis 1.7)”
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“Doering 2010 report data indicating a marginal, statistically nonsignificant difference between the groups in terms of general psychopathology(SMD 0.08; N = 104, 95% CI -0.31 to 0.46; Analysis 1.16).”
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“Video recordings of all [EG] sessions were performed and used in the group supervision.[...] Every case was supervised at least every four to six weeks.[...] Experienced community psychotherapists [i.e., CG therapists] attended supervisions according to their usual routine.”
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“Research assistants who conducted assessments before randomization and after one year of treatment were blinded for the therapy delivered.”
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“Allegiance effect improbable? Unclear risk Some of the study authors are experienced TFP therapists, but none was personally involved in treatment development.”
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“Attention bias: equal amounts of attention to all Low risk Less attention may have been paid to CG patients depending on the CTBE therapist's main orientation; however, every participant was provided the specifically full amount of necessary attention.”
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“Doering 2010 report data indicating a marginal, statistically nonsignificant difference between the groups regarding anxiety (SMD 0.04; N = 104, 95% CI -0.35 to 0.42; Analysis 1.15).”
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“Doering 2010 report data indicating a small, statistically nonsignificant difference between the groups in terms of overall functioning (SMD 0.34; N = 104, 95% CI -0.05 to 0.73; Analysis 1.17).”
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“Data reported by Doering 2010 indicate a moderate, statistically significant effect in favour of TFP concerning overall BPD severity reduction (SMD -0.55; N = 104, 95% CI -0.95 to -0.16; Analysis 1.1).”
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- Authors
- Doering, S., Hörz, S., Rentrop, M., Fischer-Kern, M., Schuster, P., Benecke, C., Buchheim, A., Martius, P., & Buchheim, P.
- Affiliations
- Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
- Universität Innsbruck (AT)
- Corresponding author
- Doering, Stephan
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Published
- 2010-05
- Volume
- 196
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 389-395
- ISSN
- 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
- 1472-1465
- OpenAlex
- W2165687185
- Cited by
- 440
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 36.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Oesterreichische Nationalbank (10636)
- Technische Universität München
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- transference-focused psychotherapy, borderline personality disorder, psychotherapy efficacy, suicidality, psychosocial functioning, treatment discontinuation, self-harm
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Borderline Personality Disorder, Combined Modality Therapy, Community Mental Health Services, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychotherapy, Psychotropic Drugs, Transference, Psychology, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult
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