Status:
COMPLETED
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents at Rutgers University
Lead Sponsor:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Conditions:
Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescence
Eligibility:
All Genders
13-20 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This project expands our existing psychological services clinic (the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Clinic at Rutgers University; DBT-RU) to include an adolescent treatment arm. Adolescents aged 13-20 a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 13-17 years or 18-20 if still living at home with parent.
- Agreement of at least one responsible adult parent/caregiver to participate in treatment.
- Agreement to take part in assessments, videotaping/audiotaping and coding of their sessions by research personnel.
- Agreement to pay for mental health services at the DBT- RU on a sliding scale, and to participate in research assessments as volunteers.
- Residence within commuting distance of clinic (\< 45 minutes).
- Agreement to discontinue other forms of talk therapy for duration of DBT program (does not refer to AA/NA programs or psychotropic medication management).
- Exhibits dysregulation within the past six months as evidenced by 1) intentional self-injury and/or suicide attempt and/or 2) substance use disorder.
- Meets two additional criteria for borderline personality disorder (BPD).
Exclusion
- Clients who need mental health services not available at the DBT- RU, such as treatment for schizophrenia or life-threatening anorexia, or who are currently obtaining optimum professional treatment that should not be ended.
- Non-English speaking.
- IQ \< 70.
- Unable to understand research consent forms.
- Court-ordered to participate in treatment.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 2 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 31 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
56 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03861858
Start Date
January 2 2019
End Date
October 31 2023
Last Update
July 30 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Rutgers University
Piscataway, New Jersey, United States, 08854