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: STEPPS; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) | Arm Label: Treatment as Usual; Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Treatment As Usual (TAU) | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS); Assigned to Arm(s): STEPPS | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Treatment As Usual (TAU); Assigned to Arm(s): Treatment as Usual
B: Arm Label: VHS group; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: the volitional help sheet | Arm Label: Control group; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: the volitional help sheet; Assigned to Arm(s): VHS group
C: 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
D: Arm Label: 1; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Dialectical behavioral therapy for adolescents (DBT-A) | Arm Label: 2; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Treatment as usual | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Dialectical behavioral therapy for adolescents (DBT-A); Assigned to Arm(s): 1 | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Treatment as usual; Assigned to Arm(s): 2

Answer: C