Journal article
A Comparison of Adolescent versus Young Adult Outpatients with First-Presentation Borderline Personality Disorder: Findings from the MOBY Randomized Controlled Trial
AM Chanen, JK Betts, H Jackson, SM Cotton, J Gleeson, CG Davey, K Thompson, S Perera, V Rayner, SY Chong, L McCutcheon
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2022
Abstract
Objective: The increasing focus on adolescent personality disorder has tended to ignore evidence of the developmental continuity of the period from puberty to young adulthood. This study aims to: (1) describe the characteristics of a sample of young people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) who had no previous history of evidence-based treatment for the disorder and (2) compare their characteristics by participant age group. Methods: One hundred and thirty-nine young people (15 to 25 years) with BPD, newly enrolled in the Monitoring Outcomes of BPD in Youth randomized controlled trial, completed semi-structured interview and self-report measures assessing demographic, clinical, and f..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This trial was funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) project grant (GNT0628739). Sue Cotton was supported by a NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (APP1061998, 2014-2017) and is currently supported by a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (APP1136344, 2018-). Christopher Davey was supported by a NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (APP1061757, 2014-2017).