McMain GPM
DBT vs General Psychiatric Management for BPD
Doente / População Intervenção / Exposição Comparação Desfecho
In 180 patients with BPD, 1 year of DBT achieved the same clinical improvement as structured general psychiatric management.
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180
Desenho
RCT, Canada
Desfecho
Self-harm, hospitalisation, symptom severity
Relevância
2
ResultadoDBT 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
Discussão e crítica
Well-structured generalist care is good enough — vital for services without specialist DBT programmes.