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DBT and Escitalopram in Borderline Personality Disorder

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00255554

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Official title

Effects of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Escitalopram on Impulsive Aggression, Affective Instability and Cognitive Processing in Borderline Personality Disorder

Brief summary

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Subjects will receive six months of DBT, consisting of one 90-minute group and one 60-minute individual session per week as well as telephone availability of the individual therapist. Half the subjects will concurrently receive escitalopram while half will receive placebo, in a randomized double-blind design.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00255554
Recruitment status
Not listed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Bronx VA Medical Center
Federal
Enrollment
Not listed

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Behavioral · Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Not listed
Primary completion
Not listed
Completion
Not listed
Last update posted
Nov 20, 2005

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Bronx VA Medical Center The Bronx New York 10029 Recruiting

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