SynthesisCanadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2020
Psychotherapies for Adolescents with Subclinical and Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- The Impact of Psychological Interventions on Functioning in the Context of Borderline Personality Disorder Features for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of psychological interventions for adolescents with borderline personality disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
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- Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress injuries among public safety personnel: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2022Pooled 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
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- Iconic Therapy for the reduction of borderline personality disorder symptoms among suicidal youth: a preliminary study.BMC psychiatry · 2022Trial
- A Comparison of Adolescent versus Young Adult Outpatients with First-Presentation Borderline Personality Disorder: Findings from the MOBY Randomized Controlled Trial.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2022Trial
- Psychological, social and pharmacological prevention and interventions for young people with emerging, subthreshold or diagnosed personality disorders: A systematic review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Review
- Economic evaluation of three forms of early intervention for young people with borderline personality disorder: a within-trial cost-utility analysis from the MOBY clinical trial.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Research Review: What we have learned about early detection and intervention of borderline personality disorder.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Review
- Borderline personality: revisiting its classification as a neurodevelopmental disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- The evaluation of a stepped care approach for early intervention of borderline personality disorder.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2024Article
- Evaluation of dialectical behavior therapy for adolescents in routine clinical practice: a pre-post study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Trajectories and Predictors of Change in Emotion Dysregulation and Deliberate Self-Harm Amongst Adolescents with Borderline Features.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2024Article
- Therapeutic and Preventive Interventions in Adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder: Recent Findings, Current Challenges, and Future Directions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Mother-child interactions in adolescents with borderline personality disorder traits and the impact of early life maltreatment.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2023Article
- Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Family Functioning, and Well-Being Involved in Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Suicidal Risk in Adolescents and Young People with Borderline Personality Traits.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Discrimination of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adolescents: Spanish version of the Borderline Personality Features Scale for Children-11 Self-Report (BPFSC-11) Preliminary results.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence regarding the efficacy of psychotherapy in adolescents with borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptomatology has not been previously synthesized.
objectiveTo conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in order to assess the efficacy of psychotherapies in adolescents with BPD symptomatology.
methodsSeven electronic databases were systematically searched using the search terms BPD, adolescent, and psychotherapy from database inception to July 2019. Titles/abstracts and full-texts were screened by one reviewer; discrepancies were resolved via consensus. We extracted data on BPD symptomatology, including BPD symptoms, suicide attempts, nonsuicidal self-injury, general psychopathology, functional recovery, and treatment retention. Data were pooled using random-effects models.
resultsOf 536 papers, seven trials (643 participants) were eligible. Psychotherapy led to significant short-term improvements in BPD symptomatology posttreatment (
conclusionsThere is a growing variety of psychotherapeutic interventions for adolescents with BPD symptomatology that appears feasible and effective in the short term, but efficacy is not retained in follow-up-particularly for frequency of suicide attempts.
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