Metka Shawe-Taylor
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nurs Care
The number of people with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) who are accessing mental health services has increased significantly in the last decade, leading to a rising need for accessible, timely and resource efficient interventions for the treatment of people with a diagnosis of BPD. Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) is a 20 week group programme developed by Blum et al. (2002). Informed by cognitive behavioural therapy, schema theory and systemic thinking, STEPPS is specifically designed as a treatment programme for individuals with a diagnosis of BPD. The evidence base for this intervention is still growing, its strongest support coming from studies in the US, e.g. Blum et al. (2008). We will describe a study conducted within a multi-disciplinary team in the UK National Health Service that provides further evidence for STEPPS, as an effective, resource-efficient treatment for people with a diagnosis of BPD. Most specialist treatments for BPD require specific training, while the highly manualised nature of STEPPS enables it to be delivered effectively by clinicians who are not routinely and extensively trained in psychotherapeutic interventions. This resulted in a multidisciplinary team of facilitators with a broad range of clinical skills that added to the richness of the treatment and the patients� recovery journey. Different measures were used to build on the previous evaluations of the STEPPS programme. These measures show a significant reduction in patient affinity for unhelpful schemas as well as an increase in patients� self-reported quality of life.
Email: j.shawe-taylor@ucl.ac.uk
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