A mechanism-based group-psychotherapy approach to aggressive behaviour in borderline personality disorder: findings from a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Sabine C HerpertzB MatzkeK HillmannC NeukelF ManckeB JaentschU SchwengerH HoneckerR BullenkampS SteinmannM KrauchS BauerC BorzikowskyK BertschAstrid Dempfle

Published in: BJPsych open (2020)

Patients with BPD and aggressive behaviour benefited from a short group psychotherapy, with improvements particularly visible at 6 month follow-up. Further studies are required to show whether these effects are specific to MAAP.

Keyphrases

borderline personality disorder
study protocol
randomized controlled trial