Creativity Group for Borderline Personality Disorder

The investigators hypothesize that a creativity skills group for Borderline Personality Disorder can reduce symptoms of BPD, depression, and anxiety.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

20

Phase

  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • New York
      • Syracuse, New York, United States, 13210
        • SUNY Upstate Medical University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years of age or older
  • participant self-reports clinical diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder
  • currently seeing an individual therapist on a regular basis

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Creativity group for persons diagnosed with BPD
This is a creativity group intervention. There will be 4 groups. Each group has one session per week. Each session is a duration of two hours.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Borderline Evaluation of Severity Over Time (BEST)
Time Frame: baseline, 5th week, post-intervention (week 8)
baseline, 5th week, post-intervention (week 8)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Time Frame: baseline, week 5, week 8
baseline, week 5, week 8

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Study Director: Blake Bazel, M.S., State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
  • Study Director: Robbi Saletsky, Ph.D., State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
  • Study Director: Roger Greenberg, Ph.D., State University of New York - Upstate Medical University

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 26, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 27, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

April 28, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 20, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 19, 2021

Last Verified

February 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

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