ArticleBorderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation2020
Smartphone applications targeting borderline personality disorder symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Digital Interventions for Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
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- Borderline Personality Disorder: Updates in a Postpandemic World.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2022Review
- A systematic quality rating of available mobile health apps for borderline personality disorder.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2022Article
- Internet-delivered interventions for personality disorders - A scoping review.Internet interventions · 2022Article
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- Demystifying borderline personality disorder in primary care.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
- A systematic review of dialectical behavior therapy mobile apps for content and usability.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2021Article
- Reviewing the availability, efficacy and clinical utility of Telepsychology in dialectical behavior therapy (Tele-DBT).Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2021Review
- Evidence Synthesis of Digital Interventions to Mitigate the Negative Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Mental Health: Rapid Meta-review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Review
- Social isolation, mental health, and use of digital interventions in youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationally representative survey.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2021Article
- Technological and Digital Interventions for Mental Health and Wellbeing: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.Frontiers in digital health · 2021Review
- Therapeutic Relationship in eHealth-A Pilot Study of Similarities and Differences between the Online Program Priovi and Therapists Treating Borderline Personality Disorder.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundSmartphone applications could improve symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in a scalable and resource-efficient manner in the context limited access to specialized care.
objectiveThis systematic review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate the effectiveness of applications designed as treatment interventions for adults with symptoms such as anger, suicidality, or self-harm that commonly occur in BPD. DATA SOURCES: Search terms for BPD symptoms, smartphone applications, and treatment interventions were combined on PubMed, MEDLINE, and PsycINFO from database inception to December 2019. STUDY SELECTION: Controlled and uncontrolled studies of smartphone interventions for adult participants with symptoms such as anger, suicidality, or self-harm that commonly occur in BPD were included. STUDY APPRAISAL AND SYNTHESIS
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resultsTwelve studies of 10 applications were included, reporting data from 408 participants. Between-groups meta-analyses of RCTs revealed no significant effect of smartphone applications above and beyond in-person treatments or a waitlist on BPD symptoms (Hedges'
conclusionsThe effects of smartphone interventions on symptoms of BPD are unclear and there is currently a lack of evidence for their effectiveness. More research is needed to build on these preliminary findings in BPD to investigate both positive and adverse effects of smartphone applications and identify the role these technologies may provide in expanding mental healthcare resources.
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