Trial reportBMC psychiatry2018
The effectiveness of 6 versus 12-months of dialectical behaviour therapy for borderline personality disorder: the feasibility of a shorter treatment and evaluating responses (FASTER) trial protocol.
Trial report in BMC psychiatry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02387736 (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Chronically Self-harming Individuals With BPD), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Chronically Self-harming Individuals With BPD: Evaluating the Clinical and Cost Effectiveness of a 6-month Treatment
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 93 citations in OpenAlex.
- The difference between shorter- versus longer-term psychotherapy for adult mental health disorders: a systematic review with meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for self-harm in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Dialectical behavior therapy for justice-involved veterans: randomized clinical trial protocol comparing treatment approaches for veterans with criminal-legal involvement.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Feasibility study on a digital version of Good Psychiatric Management delivered in routine psychiatric care.Internet interventions · 2026Article
- Uncertainty of Fit - Serving People with Borderline Personality Disorder on an Assertive Community Treatment Team Setting: Experiences and Perspectives of Clinicians from a Flexible ACT Team.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- DBT skills + parent training for preschool parents with emotion dysregulation and substance misuse.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2026Article
- Psychometric properties of the BSL-23 (English translation) and its equivalency with the BSL-23 (German): an analysis based on Item Response Theory.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- An examination of the role of PTSD and childhood trauma on treatment outcomes for individuals with borderline personality disorder in dialectical behavior therapy.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2025Article
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- Toward Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Borderline Personality Disorder and Eating Disorders: A Clinician Perspective.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- A case series of sage: a new couple-based intervention for borderline personality disorder.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2024Article
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- Dialectical behavior therapy for justice-involved veterans (DBT-J): Feasibility and acceptability.Psychological services · 2023Article
- Feasibility, Acceptability and Preliminary Efficacy of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Autistic Adults without Intellectual Disability: A Mixed Methods Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- The Cannabis Ask: What's a Psychiatrist to Do?Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2022Article
- Now and then: a ten-year comparison of young people in residential substance use disorder treatment receiving group dialectical behaviour therapy.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
- Insomnia in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder.Nature and science of sleep · 2021Review
- Does More Mean Better? Treatment Intensity and Predictors of Clinically Significant Change in Suicidal Ideation During Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyArticle
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Authors and funding
8 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based psychosocial treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD), the demand for it exceeds available resources. The commonly researched 12-month version of DBT is lengthy; this can pose a barrier to its adoption in many health care settings. Further, there are no data on the optimal length of psychotherapy for BPD. The aim of this study is to examine the clinical and cost-effectiveness of 6 versus 12 months of DBT for chronically suicidal individuals with BPD. A second aim of this study is to determine which patients are as likely to benefit from shorter treatment as from longer treatment. METHODS/
designPowered for non-inferiority testing, this two-site single-blind trial involves the random assignment of 240 patients diagnosed with BPD to 6 or 12 months of standard DBT. The primary outcome is the frequency of suicidal or non-suicidal self-injurious episodes. Secondary outcomes include healthcare utilization, psychiatric and emotional symptoms, general and social functioning, and health status. Cost-effectiveness outcomes will include the cost of providing each treatment as well as health care and societal costs (e.g., missed work days and lost productivity). Assessments are scheduled at pretreatment and at 3-month intervals until 24 months. DISCUSSION: This is the first study to directly examine the dose-effect of psychotherapy for chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with BPD. Examining both clinical and cost effectiveness in 6 versus 12 months of DBT will produce answers to the question of how much treatment is good enough. Information from this study will help to guide decisions about the allocation of scarce treatment resources and recommendations about the benefits of briefer treatment.
trial registrationNCT02387736 . Registered February 20, 2015.
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