Mentalization Based Treatment - Introductory (MBT-I) Group for Male Prisoners With Borderline and/or Antisocial Personality Disorder

NHS Trust

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD); Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

Treatments: Other: Treatment as usual; Other: Mentalization Based Treatment-Introductory

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04033835

GN19MH314

Details and patient eligibility

About

Established evidence base with MBT for treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and/or Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD). Demographic information of United Kingdom prison population highlights large proportion of offenders with PD. There is no agreed universal approach to treatment of PD within Scottish prisons with large variance across the prison estate. MBT pilots in HMP Edinburgh and HMP Cornton Vale have demonstrated positive findings in female offenders which could be replicated in male populations.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary diagnosis of BPD and/or ASPD
• Co-morbidity with other personality disorder is accepted
• Sentenced prisoners with estimated date of liberation > six months

Exclusion criteria

• Co-morbid severe and enduring mental illness (schizophrenia, delusional disorder, bipolar affective disorder, major depressive disorder)
• Co-morbid organic brain disorder (acquired brain injury, alcohol related brain damage)
• Remand prisoners
• Uncontrolled substance dependence
• Index offence of sexual offending
• Repeatedly chaotic, antisocial or violent behaviour in prison
• Care in segregation and reintegration unit in past 3 months
• Current individual specialist psychological therapy in prison
• English as not first language

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

MBT-I

Experimental group

Description:

12 sessions of MBT

Treatment:

Other: Mentalization Based Treatment-Introductory

Waiting list control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Treatment as usual

Treatment:

Other: Treatment as usual