Comparing three forms of early intervention for youth with borderline personality disorder (the MOBY study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Andrew Chanen; Henry Jackson; Sue M Cotton; John Gleeson; Christopher G Davey; Jennifer Betts; Sophie Reid; Katherine Thompson; Louise McCutcheon

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Comparing three forms of early intervention for youth with borderline personality disorder (the MOBY study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Andrew Chanen, Henry Jackson, Sue M Cotton, John Gleeson, Christopher G Davey, Jennifer Betts, Sophie Reid, Katherine Thompson, Louise McCutcheon

TRIALS | BMC | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-1001-x

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Chris Davey Author Psychiatry

Jennifer Betts Author Centre for Youth Mental Health

Andrew Chanen Author Centre for Youth Mental Health

Katherine Thompson Author Centre for Youth Mental Health

Susan Cotton Author Centre for Youth Mental Health

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Early intervention for borderline personality disorder in youth.

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a severe mental disorder involving instability of emotions, impulse control, self-concept and inter..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This trial was funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant (GNT0628739). NHMRC Career Development Fellowship support SC (APP1061998) and CD (APP1061757). The authors wish to thank Dr Sarah Bendall for training and supervising clinicians performing the 'befriending' intervention, and also the patients and staff of the HYPE program at Orygen Youth Health and headspace Sunshine.