Supervised team management, with or without structured psychotherapy, in heavy users of a mental health service with borderline personality disorder: a two-year follow-up preliminary randomized study

Table 4 T0, T6, T12, T24 comparisons during the second year of the study: rating scales.

VARIABLE	Times of observation			GLM*	p<	GLM**	p<
	T12 (16 vs 17)	T18 (16 vs 17)	T24 (16 vs 17)
CGI Item 1
STM	3.3 ± 1.0	3.2 ± .9	3.1 ± 1.0	.36	.696	1.79	.174
SB-APP	3.3 ± 1.1	3.4 ± 1.0	3.4 ± .9
GAF
STM	65.9 ± 11.2	64.7 ± 14.0	65.6 ± 13.4	.53	.589	.01	.987
SB-APP	66.4 ± 13.0	65.6 ± 13.0	66.2 ± 11.9
CGI-M 1
STM	2.4 ± 1.1	2.4 ± 1.1	2.3 ± 1.0	.19	.827	.41	.661
SB-APP	2.6 ± 1.1	2.6 ± 1.0	2.7 ± 1.0
CGI-M 2
STM	2.4 ± 1.1	2.1 ± 1.1	2.2 ± 1.1	1.46	.238	.24	.784
SB-APP	2.8 ± 1.3	2.7 ± 1.2	2.8 ± 1.2
CGI-M 3
STM	2.2 ± 1.0	2.2 ± 1.1	2.0 ± 1.2	.16	.855	1.02	.365
SB-APP	3.2 ± 1.2	3.3 ± 1.2	3.4 ± 1.3
CGI-M 4
STM	1.7 ± 1.1	1.9 ± 1.0	2.3 ± .5	1.85	.166	2.17	.122
SB-APP	2.1 ± .9	2.2 ± .7	2.1 ± .6
CGI-M 5
STM	1.4 ± .7	1.5 ± .8	1.4 ± .6	.58	.563	.30	.739
SB-APP	1.8 ± 1.0	1.7 ± .9	1.7 ± .9
CGI-M 6
STM	2.3 ± .9	2.0 ± 1.0	2.1 ± 1.1	1.03	.362	.04	.958
SB-APP	2.9 ± 1.4	2.7 ± 1.3	2.8 ± 1.5
CGI-M 7
STM	2.6 ± 1.1	2.4 ± 1.1	2.2 ± 1.1	2.31	.108	1.32	.274
SB-APP	2.8 ± .8	2.9 ± .8	2.8 ± .9
CGI-M 8
STM	2.6 ± 1.1	2.5 ± 1.2	2.4 ± 1.3	1.06	.350	.02	.972
SB-APP	2.6 ± 1.4	2.5 ± 1.3	2.4 ± 1.3
CGI-M 9
STM	1.6 ± .9	1.8 ± 1.1	1.4 ± 1.0	1.41	.250	.07	.927
SB-APP	2.3 ± 1.5	2.3 ± 1.7	2.1 ± 1.3

STM = Supervised Team Management group; SB-APP = Sequential Brief Adlerian Psychodynamic Psychotherapy group; CGI Item 1: Clinical Global Impression; CGI-M: CGI modified for BPD subjects. Items: 1) fear of abandonment; 2) disturbed relationships; 3) identity distortion; 4) impulsivity; 5) suicidality; 6) affective instability; 7) chronic feelings of emptiness; 8) anger reactions; 9) dissociative symptoms. * = changes within individuals; ** = differences between treatment groups. df = 2

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