Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
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Brief Summary: The present research aims at examining the effectiveness of a specific set of therapist relational interventions and attitudes, called the Motive-Oriented Therapeutic Relationship (MOTR), based on Plan Analysis (Caspar, 2007) in the early-phase treatment of patients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.

The investigators intend to include N = 80 outpatients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, consulting at the Outpatient Personality Disorder Program of the Karl Jaspers Clinical Unit, in collaboration with the Institute of Psychotherapy, at the Department of Psychiatry-CHUV, University of Lausanne and in collaboration with the University of Berne, Switzerland. Patients are assigned by chance to two treatment conditions 1) Control condition (General Psychiatric Management; Gunderson \& Links, 2008) and 2) MOTR-condition. The investigators hypothesize better results in the MOTR-condition, as compared to the control condition in terms of symptom reduction pre-post.

The conduct of the study represents a significant contribution to the understanding and enhancement of relationship aspects in the treatment of patients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder which may be of potential benefit for these patients.


Options:
A: Arm Label: Escitalopram; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Escitalopram | Arm Label: Placebo; Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Escitalopram | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Escitalopram; Assigned to Arm(s): Escitalopram, Placebo
B: Arm Label: General Psychiatric Management (GPM; Gunderson & Links, 2008); Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Psychiatric Management | Arm Label: GPM plus Motive-Oriented Therapeutic Relationship; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Psychiatric Management, Behavioral: Motive-oriented therapeutic relationship/Plan Analysis | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Psychiatric Management; Assigned to Arm(s): GPM plus Motive-Oriented Therapeutic Relationship, General Psychiatric Management (GPM; Gunderson & Links, 2008) | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Motive-oriented therapeutic relationship/Plan Analysis; Assigned to Arm(s): GPM plus Motive-Oriented Therapeutic Relationship
C: Arm Label: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Fluoxetine; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Fluoxetine, Behavioral: Dialectical Behavior Therapy | Arm Label: Dialectical Behavior Therapy placebo; Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Dialectical Behavior Therapy | Arm Label: Supportive therapy Fluoxetine; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Fluoxetine, Behavioral: Supportive psychotherapy | Arm Label: Supportive therapy placebo; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Supportive psychotherapy | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Fluoxetine; Assigned to Arm(s): Dialectical Behavior Therapy Fluoxetine, Supportive therapy Fluoxetine | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Dialectical Behavior Therapy; Assigned to Arm(s): Dialectical Behavior Therapy Fluoxetine, Dialectical Behavior Therapy placebo | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Supportive psychotherapy; Assigned to Arm(s): Supportive therapy Fluoxetine, Supportive therapy placebo
D: Arm Label: Mindfulness skills; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Mindfulness skills training | Arm Label: Interpersonal effectiveness skills; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Interpersonal Effectiveness skills training | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Mindfulness skills training; Assigned to Arm(s): Mindfulness skills | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Interpersonal Effectiveness skills training; Assigned to Arm(s): Interpersonal effectiveness skills

Answer: B