Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Efficacy of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: a Controlled Trial in Taiwan
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis:

Primary hypothesis: Participants in the dialectical behavior therapy group have greater reductions in the frequency and severity of suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors compared to participants in the alternative treatment group.

Secondary Hypotheses: Participants in dialectical behavior therapy group have improved treatment outcomes compared to participants in alternative treatment, including mental health service utilization, symptoms of borderline personality and depression symptoms, suicidal thought and hopelessness, disability, and quality of life.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Any Gender
* Age 18-65 inclusive
* Fluent in English (speaking, reading, and writing)
* Having made a suicide attempt within one week preceding admission or suicidal ideation and plan on admissions along with suicide attempt within previous two years. Admission will be defined as admission to either the medical floor (in cases where medical stabilization is required prior to transfer to psychiatric inpatient facility) or to psychiatric inpatient facility (in cases where medical stabilization is not required). A suicide attempt will be defined as behavior that is self-directed and deliberately results in injury or the potential for injury to oneself for which there is evidence, whether explicit or implicit, of intent to die.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Age \<18 or ≥66 years old
* History of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
* History of intellectual disability or organic brain illness
* Active mania or other psychiatric or medical condition that would preclude informed consent or participation in the trial, in the investigator's opinion
* ECT included on patient's inpatient treatment plan. Patients who are referred for ECT after starting the study will be withdrawn from the study.
* Discharge expected within four business days of attending approval.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* meeting DSM-IV criteria for borderline personality disorder
* 18-60 years of age
* have had at least two episodes of suicidal or non-suicidal self-injurious episodes in the past 5 years,
* at least one episode of suicidal is in the 3 months preceding enrollment
* agreement to participate in evaluation of the program.

Exclusion Criteria:

* bipolar I disorder, delirium, dementia, mental retardation, or a diagnosis of substance dependence in the preceding 30 days
* living outside of Taipei area
* having any serious medical condition likely to require hospitalization within the next year (e.g. cancer)
* and having plans to leave the Taipei area in the next 1 year
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Self-harm behaviour in the past 6 months
* In receipt of treatment from local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
* Competent and willing to provide written, informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Severe learning disability or pervasive developmental disorder
* Acute psychotic episode
* Eating disorder in the absence of self-harm.
* Non-English speaking
* Current involvement in other ongoing treatment research
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* \>2 self-harm episodes.
* With high levels of unipolar depressive symptoms (BDI-2 score of 17 or more).
* Sufficient understanding of English (spoken and written).
* Ability to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Clinical judgement of high level of suicide risk, other risk to self or others requiring other urgent approaches e.g. admission to mental health unit.
* Other severe mental illness e.g. psychosis, bipolar disorder, substance use disorder or organic mental disorder e.g. secondary to head injury as the primary mental health problem as determined by a structured psychiatric interview (SCID).
* Currently receiving structured psychological therapy

Answer: B