McMain GPM

DBT vs General Psychiatric Management for BPD

Patient / Population Intervention / Exposition Comparaison Critère de jugement

In 180 patients with BPD, 1 year of DBT achieved the same clinical improvement as structured general psychiatric management.

N
180
Schéma
RCT, Canada
Critère
Self-harm, hospitalisation, symptom severity
Pertinence
2
RésultatDBT and GPM equally effective across all primary outcomes.
McMain SF, et al. Am J Psychiatry. 2009;166(12):1365-1374. 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09010039
Discussion et critique

Well-structured generalist care is good enough — vital for services without specialist DBT programmes.