Efficacy of metacognitive training for patients with borderline personality disorder: Preliminary results

摘要: 'Metacognitive training for borderline personality disorder' (B-MCT) represents a complementary group intervention. It aims at raising awareness cognitive biases that may play an important role in the development and maintenance of symptomatology. For present study, we evaluated effectiveness this new approach against control condition. Seventy-four inpatients with disorder (BPD) were randomly assigned to metacognitive BPD or progressive muscle relaxation as add-on intervention treatment usual. Severity symptomatology was assessed baseline, four weeks after beginning six months completion The per-protocol intention-to-treat analyses revealed patients showed significantly greater reductions on primary outcome (Borderline Symptom List-23) months. Progressive superior alleviating depressive symptoms (secondary outcome: Beck Depression Inventory) long-term follow-up. Findings provide preliminary evidence yields surplus effects standard treatment.