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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR984
Date of registration: 25/05/2007
Primary sponsor: Accare, Division University Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Public title: Evaluation of a grouptraining for adolescents (Emotion Regulation Training) with emotion regulation problems - a randomised controlled clinical trial.
Scientific title: Evaluation of a grouptraining for adolescents (Emotion Regulation Training) with emotion regulation problems - a randomised controlled clinical trial using the BPDSI-IV-ado and the LPI as primary outcome measures. - ERT - evaluation
Date of first enrolment: 1/8/2007
Target sample size: 128
Recruitment status: pending
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=984
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: Yes; Masking: Single; Control: Active; Group: Parallel; Type: -  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: H.M.  Schuppert
Address:  University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 30001, Hanzeplein 1 9700 AR Groningen The Netherlands
Telephone:
Email: m.schuppert@accare.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: H.M.  Schuppert
Address:  University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 30001, Hanzeplein 1 9700 AR Groningen The Netherlands
Telephone:
Email: m.schuppert@accare.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 14-18 years;
2. Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days;
3. At least two other DSM-IV criteria of BPD; 4. Minimum score of 15 on the Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index - adolescent version.

Exclusion criteria: 1. Psychotic disorders (except short, reactive psychotic episodes);
2. Conduct disorder;
3. Addiction of such severity that clinical detoxification is indicated;
4. Mental retardation (IQ less than 80).


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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Borderline personality disorder , Adolescents, Emotion regulation training

Intervention(s)
ERT consists of 17 weekly group sessions (6-9 participants, 1,75 hours), one psycho-educational session with parents/caretakers and/or partners and two booster sessions, at three and six months after the weekly course. The first aim is to learn how to deal with daily stress and psychological vulnerability. Reducing self-harm or harm to others is an important issue.
After the training there will be a session with the adolescent, his or her parents or caretakers, the therapists of the training and the individual therapist, to offer good continuation in the regular treatment.
Primary Outcome(s)
Primary outcome measures at baseline, directly after the training and at 6 months follow-up:
1. Severity of Borderline Personality symptoms (BPDSI-IV-adolescents, semi-structured interview) measuring the current severity and frequency of the DSM-IV BPD manifestations;
2. Life Problems Inventory (LPI, questionnaire), measuring the main symptoms of BPD.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary outcome measures at baseline, directly after the training and at 6 months follow-up:
1. DSM diagnosis axis II (PDQ-4, parts of k-SADS and SCID-II);
2. mental health disorders (CDI, RAPI, SCL-90, SDQ); 3. Locus of Control (MALC-ERT);
4. Quality of Life (YQOL);
5. Raising style, parental stress and parental functioning (EMBU, PSI and GHQ);
6. Consumption of public health services; 7. global functioning (CGAS or GAF score).
Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN97589104
Source(s) of Monetary Support
ZON-MW, The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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