Effectiveness of Predominantly Group Schema Therapy and Combined Individual and Group Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Schema therapy (ST), delivered either in an individual or group format, has been compared with other active treatments for borderline personality disorder (BPD). To our knowledge, the 2 formats have not been compared with treatment as usual (TAU) or with each other. Such comparisons help determine best treatment practices.

Schema therapy for borderline personality disorder: A qualitative study of patients' perceptions.

Schema therapy (ST) has been found to be effective in the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD). However very little is known about how the therapy is experienced by individuals with BPD including which specific elements of ST are helpful or unhelpful from their perspectives. The aim of this study is to explore BPD patients' experiences of receiving ST, in intensive group or combined group-individual format.

The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Group Schema Therapy Rating Scale - Revised.

Background: Recent research has supported the efficacy of schema therapy as a treatment for personality disorders. A group format has been developed (group schema therapy; GST), which has been suggested to improve both the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the treatment.

Aims: Efficacy studies of GST need to assess treatment fidelity.

Design of an international multicentre RCT on group schema therapy for borderline personality disorder.

Background: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe and highly prevalent mental disorder. Schema therapy (ST) has been found effective in the treatment of BPD and is commonly delivered through an individual format. A group format (group schema therapy, GST) has also been developed.

The evaluation of supervision: construction of brief questionnaires for the supervisor and the supervisee.

This study evaluated the psychometric properties of two parallel questionnaires (for the supervisor and supervisee, respectively). Ninety supervisees and 37 supervisors from different parts of Germany took part in the study. The three dimensions of clarifying, problem solving, and relationship were confirmed, but for both supervisor and supervisee versions of the scale medium intercorrelations also allowed a combined scale to be formed.