ArticleBorderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation2020
A study comparing the experiences of family and friends of young people with borderline personality disorder features with family and friends of young people with other serious illnesses and general population adults.
Article in Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06563466 (PEGASUS - Improving Treatment for Patients With Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers.
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PEGASUS - Improving Treatment for Patients With Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychoeducation for Caregivers of Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Multiple Family Group Therapy.Personality and mental health · 2025Trial
- Family Connections: The Impact of an Education Program for Carers of Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder in Italian Mental Health Services.Family process · 2025Trial
- A randomised controlled trial of a psychoeducational group intervention for family and friends of young people with borderline personality disorder features.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of online family connections for family members of people with BPD: a naturalistic comparison with the face-to-face format.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2026Article
- Unraveling dynamic factors in Dialectic Behavioural Treatment for Adolescents (DBT-A): A study protocol.PloS one · 2026Article
- Parent-child discrepancies in reports of pre- and early adolescent level of personality functioning.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Hopelessness for family members of individuals with borderline personality disorder.Family process · 2024Article
- Group intervention for family members of people with borderline personality disorder based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Implementation of the Family Connections® program in France and Switzerland.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2024Article
- The BRIDGE project: a feasibility randomised controlled trial of brief, intensive assessment and integrated formulation for young people (age 14-24) with features of borderline personality disorder (Protocol).Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- The relationship between social support, coping strategies and psychological distress and positive mental well-being in carers of people with borderline personality disorder.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2023Article
- Psychoeducational groups for close relatives of patients with borderline personality disorder.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2023Article
- Attitudes, Clinical Practices, and Perceived Advocacy Needs of Professionals With Interests in Personality Disorders.Journal of personality disorders · 2023Article
- Difficulties in emotional regulation mediates the impact of burden on quality of life and mental health in a sample of family members of people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Early Intervention for Personality Disorder.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of family connections intervention for family members of persons with personality disorders in two different formats: Online vs face-to-face.Internet interventions · 2022Article
- Borderline personality disorder in young people: associations with support and negative interactions in relationships with mothers and a best friend.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundFamily and friends ('carers') of adults with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and carers of young people with other serious illnesses experience significant adversity but research on the experiences of caring for a young person with BPD features is sparse. This study aimed to: (i) describe the experiences of carers of young people with BPD features; (ii) compare them with published data assessing carers of young people with other serious illnesses and with adults from the general population.
methodsEighty-two carers (M age = 44.74, SD = 12.86) of 54 outpatient young people (M age = 18.76, SD = 3.02) who met 3 to 9 DSM-IV BPD criteria completed self-report measures on distress, experiences of caregiving, coping, and expressed emotion. Independent-samples t-tests were employed to compare scores with those reported by convenience comparison groups of general population adults or carers of young people with eating disorders, cancer, or psychosis.
resultsCarers of young people with BPD features reported significantly elevated levels of distress, negative caregiving experiences, and expressed emotion, as well as maladaptive coping strategies, compared with general population adults or carers of young people with other serious illnesses.
conclusionsCarers of young people with BPD features experience elevated levels of adversity compared with their peers in the general adult population. This adversity is similar to, or greater than, that reported by carers of young people with other severe illnesses. Research is needed to clarify factors underlying adverse caregiving experiences and to develop and evaluate interventions to support carers of young people with BPD features.
trial registrationProspectively registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry ACTRN12616000304437 on 08 March 2016, https://anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=369867.
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