(Dbt) and Schema Therapy (St) on Reducing Mood Activity and Suicidal Thoughts in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder
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Acta Medica Mediterranea, 2017, 33: 1025 COMPARING OF THE EFFECT OF DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY (DBT) AND SCHEMA THERAPY (ST) ON REDUCING MOOD ACTIVITY AND SUICIDAL THOUGHTS IN PATIENTS WITH BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER LADAN MOHAMADIZADEH1, BEHNAM MAKVANDI2*, REZA PASHA2, SAEID BAKHTIARPOUR2, FARIBA HAFEZI2 1Psychology PhD Candidate, Department of Psychology, Khuzestan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran - 2Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran ABSTRACT Introduction: Borderline personality disorder is known as the most common personality disorder in the field of psychiatry. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of dialectical behavior therapy and schema therapy on mood activity and suicidal thou- ghts in patients with borderline personality disorder in the city of Qazvin. Materials and methods: This study in terms of purpose is an applied one and in terms of the method of data collection, can be regarded as pre-experimental and post-experimental semi-experimental study with the control group. The study population included all patients with borderline personality disorder and mood activity and suicidal thoughts who referred to Bou-Ali Hospital in the city of Ghazvin. The sample consisted of 36 students, who were selected by convenience sampling. Of these, 24 patients were randomly divided into two groups, two experimental group including12 people, and a control group consisting 12 patients. In this study, The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, The beck Depression Inventory and Scale suicide imagination Mach (SSIM) were used. Patients with the borderline personality disorder who belonged to the experimental group were under intervention for 16 section which takes long 90 minutes sessions in eight consecutive weeks under the controls. Research data was analyzed using multivariate and single factor analysis of covariance, and T-experimental was analyzed for the independent groups. Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between dialectical behavior therapy and schema therapy with regard to their effect on mood activity and suicidal thoughts at (0.05> P). The results of the Independent t-experimental also showed that there was no significant difference between dialectical behavior therapy and schema therapy in patients with the border- line personality disorder in terms of the Suicidal thoughts variable at (0.05> P), but there was a significant difference between sche- ma therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in patients with the borderline personality disorder in terms of the mood activity varia- ble at (0.01> P). Discussion and conclusion: So, we could conclude that dialectical behavior therapy and schema therapy should be effective in reducing mood activity and suicidal thoughts in patients with borderline personality disorder. Keywords: dialectical behavior therapy, schema therapy, mood activity, suicidal thoughts, borderline personality disorder. DOI: 10.19193/0393-6384_2017_6_162 Received December 30, 2016; Accepted June 20, 2017 Introduction der in this way; it is a pervasive pattern in relation with instability in interpersonal relationships, self- Borderline personality disorder which is image, and impulsivity mood. It starts in the early known as one of the personality disorders, is the adulthood and emerges in different situations. most common one in psychiatric settings. The term According to the previous studies, the prevalence of border is a psychoanalytic term first used for a borderline personality disorder has been growing in group of patients who were on the border of neurot- the population from1 to 2%, and the rate of suicide ic and discrete mental groups(1). The psychiatric in people suffering from it is about 10%. The num- Association of America(2) has described this disor- ber of women with borderline personality disorder 1026 Ladan Mohamadizadeh, Behnam Makvandi et Al is two times more than that of men with this disor- reducing anger before it happens, as well as ders(3). reduced self-harm(9). The main characteristic of borderline personal- Schema therapy is another psychological treat- ity is emotional instability. Some important features ment that can have a positive effect on the symp- of patients with this disorder are mood activity and toms of borderline personality disorder. Schema suicidal thoughts. These patients are known with therapy has been developed for the treatment of downward and upward emotions, instability and patients with chronic cognitive behavior problems; anger; they need to communicate and have variable these patients have not got enough help from the comments in relation to others. Patients with bor- classical cognitive-behavioral therapy. The treat- derline personality disorder even for a brief ment is a good choice for many patients with disor- moment when they are alone, experience empti- ders of Axis 1 and 2 who have long-term cognitive ness. Despite having romantic and strong relation- behavior problems related to the cognitive charac- ships, they are heartbroken most of the time. They ter. According to this model, the schemas are at the make efforts without reason, such as committing core of personality disorders, and behavioral pat- suicide to avoid losing. Suicidal behaviors are relat- terns in DSM are mainly responses to the central ed to a situation in which a person puts himself at scheme. The main goal of treatment in patients with the risk, but his suicide attempt is not complete cognitive behavior problems is to improve the (Like dropping over the bridge and putting the schema(10). tablets in the mouth but not swallowing them)(4). Taking into account the effectiveness of They suffer from the problems like mood schema therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in activity, unsatisfactory relationships with others, reducing the symptoms of borderline personality impulsive behavior and ambiguous identity. Despite disorder, the present research aimed to study and the fact that most patients with borderline personal- compart the effect of these treatments on people ity disorder are intelligent and creative, they rarely, who commit suicide. Physical therapists and crisis show progress in the development of their talents. intervention experts can make benefit from the The risk of self-injury in people is due to the high findings of the study. Therefore, the present study self-mutilation or drug abuse. 69 to 75% of people was set out to find out how and to what extent each with borderline personality disorder suffer from the of these schema therapy treatments and dialectical self-harm behaviors as well. 69% of them are at a behavior therapy could improve the mood activity high risk for suicide, and approximately 10% of and suicidal thoughts in borderline personality dis- deaths in this population are as a result of a suicide order. attempt(5). To reduce the borderline personality dis- order in patients with depression, various treat- Materials and methods ments have been suggested among which dialecti- cal behavior therapy (DBT) and Schema Therapy The research method was a quasi-experimental (ST) can be named(6). one. The experimental group was trained in two DBT is more complex than some other meth- groups in the field of dialectical behavior therapy ods, and its success in the treatment of personality and Schema Therapy, while the control group disorders, especially BPD(7) and its related traits(8), received no intervention. The population in this has been well proved. This method was invented in group included all patients with borderline person- 1993 by Marshall Linehan. The model was pro- ality disorder who lived in the city of Qazvin in posed by dialectical behavior therapy for borderline 2015. The sample included 36 cases of female personality disorder because people with borderline patients with borderline personality disorder who personality disorder suffered from poor emotional referred to Bou-Ali Hospital in Qazvin they were regulation in their interpersonal relationships. selected using the convenience sampling method. There are many maladaptive behaviors The patients were randomly divided into three (including many symptoms of borderline personali- 12-person groups; the first group received dialecti- ty disorder diagnosis), such as impulsive behavior, cal behavior therapy intervention, the second group that have been reinforced in these people. got schema therapy received Dialectical behavior According to the research, dialectical behavior ther- therapy intervention, and the control group received apy plays an important role in reducing suicide no intervention. Exclusion criteria in the samples attempts and depression, increasing control and were related to the patients who had committed sui- Comparing of the effect of dialectical Behavior therapy (DBT) and schema therapy (ST) on reducing mood activity ... 1027 cide, and re-suicide; people with perturbations such symptoms. The standardized cutoffs used differed as bipolar disorder, substance abuse, and personali- from the original: 0-13: minimal depression, 14-19: ty disorder treated with the drug, were initially mild depression, 20-28: moderate depression, 29- excluded. The use of any psychiatric medication 63: severe depression. during training, from the very first session of treat- The BDI-II is positively correlated with the ment, and the use of any type of psychological ser- Hamilton Depression Rating Scale with a Pearson r vices were abandoned. Also, variables such as