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The effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy for borderline personality disorder: results from the borderline personality disorder study of cognitive therapy (BOSCOT) trial

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Davidson, Kate, Norrie, John, Tyrer, Peter, Gumley, Andrew, Tata, Philip, Murray, Heather, Palmer, Stephen·2006·Journal of Personality Disorders

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The outcome of a randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavior therapy in addition to treatment as usual (CBT plus TAU) compared with TAU alone (TAU) in one hundred and six participants meeting diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder is described. We anticipated that CBT plus TAU would decrease the number of participants with in-patient psychiatric hospitalizations or accident and emergency room contact or suicidal acts over twelve months treatment and twelve months follow-up, compared with TAU. We also anticipated that CBT plus TAU would lead to improvement in a range of secondary outcomes of mental health and social functioning compared to TAU. Of the 106 participants randomized, follow-up data on 102 (96%) was obtained at two years. Those randomized to CBT were offered an average of 27 sessions over 12 months and attended on average 16 (range 0 to 35). We found that the global odds ratio of a participant in the CBT plus TAU group compared with the TAU alone group having any of the outcomes of a suicidal act, in-patient hospitalization, or accident and emergency contact in the 24 months following randomization was 0.86 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.45 to 1.66, p = 0.66). The corresponding global odds ratio, excluding accident and emergency room contact, was 0.75 (95% CI 0.37 to 1.54, p = 0.44). In terms of the number of suicidal acts, there was a significant reduction over the two years in favor of CBT plus TAU over TAU, with a mean difference of -0.91 (95% CI -1.67 to -0.15, p = 0.020). Across both treatment arms there was gradual and sustained improvement in both primary and secondary outcomes, with evidence of benefit for the addition of CBT on the positive symptom distress index at one year, and on state anxiety, dysfunctional beliefs and the quantity of suicidal acts at two year follow-up. CBT can deliver clinically important changes in relatively few clinical sessions in real clinical settings.

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  • The recovery-focused personalised approach has been suggested to have implications for borderline personality disorder (BPD).

    “The recovery-focused personalised approach has been suggested to have implications for borderline personality disorder (BPD),13 but there is a lack of research on evidence-based, recovery-focused intervention for personality disorders in general.”

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    The Method section (page not provided) describes BPD therapy built around a formulation of each patient's problems and goals agreed with the patient, supporting the personalised aspect. The Discussion reports benefits of CBT, but the paper does not frame this as a recovery-focused approach or suggest implications for that approach specifically. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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Authors
Davidson, K., Norrie, J., Tyrer, P., Gumley, A., Tata, P., Murray, H., & Palmer, S.
Affiliations
University of Aberdeen (GB)
Venue
Journal of Personality Disorders
Published
2006-10
Volume
20
Issue
5
Pages
450-465
ISSN
0885-579X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2117242228
Cited by
362
References
20
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FWCI
22.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Personality Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Wellcome Trust (064027/Z01/Z, 064027)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
Keywords
cognitive behavioral therapy, borderline personality disorder, usual care, suicidal behavior, psychiatric hospitalization, treatment effectiveness, dysfunctional attitudes, state anxiety, social functioning
MeSH terms
Suicide Prevention, Adult, Aged, Ambulatory Care, Anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Outpatients, Professional-Patient Relations, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Quality of Life, Research Design, Severity of Illness Index, Social Adjustment, Reproducibility of Results, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Confidence Intervals, Odds Ratio, Self-Injurious Behavior, Treatment Outcome

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