Trial reportBMC psychiatry2019
Efficacy of Mentalization-based group therapy for adolescents: the results of a pilot randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC psychiatry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT02771691 (Efficacy of Mentalization-Based Group Therapy for Adolescents), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Efficacy of Mentalization-Based Group Therapy for Adolescents: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of interventions for self-harm in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Reducing self-harm in adolescents: the RISA-IPD individual patient data meta-analysis and systematic review.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Reducing self-harm in adolescents: the RISA-IPD comprehensive synopsis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Psychological interventions for suicidal behavior in adolescents: a comprehensive systematic review.Translational psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Comparative Efficacy and Acceptability of Psychotherapies for Self-harm and Suicidal Behavior Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions for self-harm in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- The Evidence-Base for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy With Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Synthesis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- A digital intervention to improve mental health and interpersonal resilience in young people who have experienced technology-assisted sexual abuse: a feasibility clinical trial.Child and adolescent mental health · 2026Trial
- Experiences of a digital health intervention for young people exposed to technology assisted sexual abuse: a qualitative study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Trial
- Association between hypomentalizing and suicide reattempt: a 12-month follow-up study.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for self-harm in males compared to females: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2026Article
- Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: A Narrative Review.Alpha psychiatry · 2026Review
- Investigating the efficacy of mentalization-based psychoeducational intervention on self-harm, difficulty in emotional regulation, and mentalization of soldiers with borderline personality disorder who engage in self-harm behaviors.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- A preliminary prediction model for self-harm in adolescent inpatients with mental disorders: integrating individual and family factors.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Childhood maltreatment and non-suicidal self-injury: the mediating role of mentalization and depression.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Social cognition in adolescent depression: Evolution of research content and future perspectives.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Large Language Model–Assisted Risk-of-Bias Assessment in Randomized Controlled Trials Using the Revised Risk-of-Bias Tool: Evaluation Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Interventions for adolescent depression comorbid with non-suicidal self-injury: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- A Suicide Attempt Multicomponent Intervention Treatment (SAMIT Program): study protocol for a multicentric randomised controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- The impact of mindfulness therapy combined with mentalization-based family therapy on suicidal ideation in adolescents with depressive disorder: randomized intervention study.Annals of general psychiatry · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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10 authors.
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Abstract
backgroundMentalization Based Therapy (MBT) has yielded promising outcomes for reducing self-harm, although to date only one study has reported MBT's effectiveness for adolescents (Rossouw and Fonagy, J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 51:1304-1313, 2012) wherein the treatment protocol consisted of an intensive programme of individual and family therapy. We sought to investigate an adaptation of the adult MBT introductory manual in a group format for adolescents.
methodsThe present study is a randomised controlled single blind feasibility trial that aims to (1) adapt the original explicit MBT introductory group manual for an adolescent population (MBT-Ai) and to (2) assess the feasibility of a trial of MBT-Ai through examination of consent rates, attendance, attrition and self-harm. Repeated measures ANOVAs were conducted to examine change over time in independent and dependent variables between groups, and multi level models (MLM) were conducted to examine key predictors in relation to change over time with self-report self-harm and emergency department presentation for harm as the primary outcome variables.
resultsFifty-three young people consented to participate and were randomised to MBT-Ai + TAU or TAU alone. Five participants withdrew from the trial. Trial procedures seemed appropriate and safe, with acceptable group attendance. Self-reported self-harm and emergency department presentation for self-harm significantly decreased over time in both groups, though there were no between group differences. Social anxiety, emotion regulation, and borderline traits also significantly decreased over time in both groups. Mentalization emerged as a significant predictor of change over time in self reported self harm and hospital presentation for self-harm.
conclusionsIt was feasible to carry out an RCT of MBT-Ai for adolescents already attending NHS CAMHS who have recently self-harmed. Our data gave signals that suggested a relatively brief group-based MBT-Ai intervention may be a promising intervention with potential for service implementation. Future research should consider the appropriate format, dosage and intensity of MBT for the adolescent population.
trial registrationNCT02771691 ; Trial Registration Date: 25/04/2016.
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