Trial reportPloS one2018
Schema therapy for borderline personality disorder: A qualitative study of patients' perceptions.
Trial report in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The impact of schema therapy and its basic and mode treatment models for depressive disorders: a systematic review.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
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- A mixed methods study of schema modes amongst people living with eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
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- Chairwork in schema therapy for patients with borderline personality disorder-A qualitative study of patients' perceptions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Early maladaptive schemas and COVID-19 anxiety: The mediational role of mistrustfulness and vulnerability to harm and illness.Clinical psychology & psychotherapy · 2022Article
- The Use of Computer-Driven Technologies in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Demystifying borderline personality disorder in primary care.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
- The Good Enough Parenting early intervention schema therapy based program: Participant experience.PloS one · 2021Article
- Insomnia in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder.Nature and science of sleep · 2021Review
- The Relationships between Personality Disorders and Early Maladaptive Schemas and the Moderating Role of Gender.Alpha psychiatry · 2021Article
- Experiences of Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder With Imagery Rescripting in the Context of Schema Therapy-A Qualitative Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- The Subjective Experience of the Punitive Parent Mode in Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder Following Schema Therapy: A Qualitative Study.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyArticle
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Abstract
Schema therapy (ST) has been found to be effective in the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD). However very little is known about how the therapy is experienced by individuals with BPD including which specific elements of ST are helpful or unhelpful from their perspectives. The aim of this study is to explore BPD patients' experiences of receiving ST, in intensive group or combined group-individual format. Qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 36 individuals with a primary diagnosis of BPD (78% females) who received ST for at least 12 months. Participants were recruited as part of an international, multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT). Interview data (11 Australian, 12 Dutch, 13 German) were analyzed following the procedures of qualitative content analysis. Patients' perceptions of the benefits gained in ST included improved self-understanding, and better awareness and management of their own emotional processes. While some aspects of ST, such as experiential techniques were perceived as emotionally confronting, patient narratives informed that this was necessary. Some recommendations for improved implementation of ST include the necessary adjunct of individual sessions to group ST and early discussion of therapy termination. Implications of the findings are also discussed, in particular the avenues for assessing the suitability of patients for group ST; management of group conflict and the optimal format for delivering treatment in the intensive group versus combined group-individual formats.
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