McMain GPM
DBT vs General Psychiatric Management for BPD
Paziente / Popolazione Intervento / Esposizione Confronto Esito
In 180 patients with BPD, 1 year of DBT achieved the same clinical improvement as structured general psychiatric management.
N
180
Disegno
RCT, Canada
Esito
Self-harm, hospitalisation, symptom severity
Rilevanza
2
RisultatoDBT 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
Discussione e critica
Well-structured generalist care is good enough — vital for services without specialist DBT programmes.