Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Commitment and Motivation in a Brief DBT Intervention for Self Harm
Brief Summary: Research suggests that individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) experience low motivation for change (Skodal, Buckley, \& Charles, 1983). Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT; Linehan, 1993) includes commitment strategies that are designed to improve motivation. No studies have examined the effectiveness of these strategies. The proposed study will evaluate the efficacy of a brief DBT intervention consisting of commitment strategies plus skills training for people who self-harm. Participants will be randomly assigned to either a single orientation session of (1) commitment strategies plus psychoeducation or (2) psychoeducation. Immediately following their orientation session, all participants will be enrolled in a 90 minute group skills training session. Primary outcomes include autonomous motivation and frequency of self harm behaviours. Assessments will be conducted at six time points: baseline, after the initial orientation session, after the skills training group session, and at one week, one month, and three month follow-up


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Aged 15-25 years old
* Suicidal ideation and/or self-injuring behavior
* BPD behavioural trends defined as the cut point for alarming BPD traits (\>38 score) on Exploratory Questionnaire of Personality-III-BPD (CEPER-III-BPD)
* Sufficiently proficient in Spanish to follow the treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

* Antisocial personality disorder as measured in the Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV Axis II) (SCID-II)
* Substance or alcohol abuse
* High suicidal risk
* Negative expectations to be enrolled in the study as measured \< 35 by the Expectation of Treatment Scale (ETS)
B: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Has a valid health card issued by a Canadian province or Canadian student organization (ie: UHIP)
2. Has had at least 3 self-harm episodes (either suicidal or non-suicidal) in the past 5 years, including at least 1 in the past eight weeks
3. Is literate in English
4. Absence of 4 or more formal weeks of DBT in the past year (individual or group therapy components)
5. Indicates absence of knowledge of the DBT Skills
6. Is able to attend all sessions on scheduled study day

Exclusion Criteria:

1) Evidence of organic brain syndrome or mental retardation
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Suicide attempt within 48 hours prior to being evaluated at the hospital
* English speaking
* Able to provide 2 verifiable contacts

Exclusion Criteria:

* Acute, unstable, or severe Axis III disorder or a severe Axis I disorder that may prevent safe participation in outpatient psychotherapy
D: Inclusion Criteria:

Veterans will be enrolled who:

1. have received the SAFE VET intervention in VA SAFE VET EDs or treatment-as-usual in E-CARE EDs;
2. aged 18 years or older;
3. identified as being at risk for suicide based upon presenting complaints and/or the assessment of an ED clinician;
4. able to provide 2 contacts with telephone numbers for tracking purposes; and
5. able to provide a home/residential/shelter address where the participant resides and either a home, cellular, or other telephone number where the participant can be reached.

Exclusion Criteria:

Veterans will not be enrolled if they are:

1. unable to read and understand English;
2. unable or unwilling to give informed consent as determined either by the referring VA ED clinical staff or research personnel (see Mini Quiz below); and/or
3. admitted to the VA inpatient psychiatric unit from the ED.

Answer: B