Pilot study of MBT-I for adults with Borderline Personality Disorder.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A pilot study to assess the utility of Mentalization-Based Treatment – Introduction (MBT-I) as a Psycho-Educational Pre-Treatment Programme for Adults with Borderline Personality Disorder.
IRAS ID
161912
Contact name
Rethea Suzanne Roos
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Teesside University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 1 days
Research summary
Mentalization-based therapy (MBT) is an evidence-based treatment for adults with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). MBT-Introduction (MBT-I) is an introductory psycho-educational programme which precedes the MBT programme. This will be the first study that aims to present pilot data of the utility of this 12-week, manualised psycho-educational MBT group programme, named MBT-Introduction (MBT-I) for adult patients with BPD. The goal of psycho-education is for individuals to become “better consumers” in the mental health system through learning about the MBT treatment approach and the nature of the Disorder. This can potentially empower individuals to take control of their treatment in an educated manner. The MBT-I programme aims to explain the concepts that form the basis of MBT treatment and provide patients with an opportunity to practice the skills they will employ in the rest of the treatment. This research project will be a nonrandomized, control group pretest-posttest 2x2 design. Half of the subjects (twenty-one adults with a diagnosis of BPD) will be non-randomly assigned to the MBT-I psycho-educational pre-treatment programme. The other half (twenty-one adults with a diagnosis of BPD) will be placed in a control group that gets standard routine care from a Self Harm Service, that does not involve MBT-I. At this initial phase of the investigation of this treatment method, the aim of the study is to establish if MBT-I results in increased knowledge in relation to the nature of the disorder and the rationale underpinning the MBT intervention in comparison to routine psycho-educational and supportive treatment. The research question is: Does psycho-educational MBT-I group participation contribute to increase knowledge and understanding of the different aspects of mentalization and the nature of the disorder, particularly from the perspective of the mentalization theory of BPD in adults with BPD? All participants will complete the MASK – MBTi Assessment Scale for Knowledge.
REC name
Scotland A: Adults with Incapacity only
REC reference
15/SS/0092
Date of REC Opinion
1 Jul 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion