Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Randomized Controlled Study of the Efficacy of Analytic Oriented Group Psychotherapy for Psychiatric Outpatients
Brief Summary: A primary goal of this study is to investigate the significance of treatment duration, by comparing change after group psychotherapy of varying lengths. A secondary goal is to investigate the predictive value of selected patient variables on outcome: personality pathology, quality of object relations, presence of personality disorder, degree of initial disturbance, and education. One hundred and twenty patients from 5-6 different study sites (consisting of one coordinator and 3 therapists) will be included. Exclusion criteria are psychosis, substance abuse, and organically based symptoms. Patients are interviewed before treatment and one year after termination, and self-rated outcome measures are filled in at 3-month intervals during treatment and at termination. After an initial evaluation, patients are randomized to one of two manualized psychodynamic group psychotherapies with different treatment lengths (20 and 80 sessions). Each therapist will conduct both a short- and a long-term group, and sessions are taped in order to check treatment integrity.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Veteran service member
2. Recently admitted to an inpatient psychiatry unit at the VAMC site following a suicide attempt
3. 18 or more years of age
4. Consents to participate in baseline and follow-up interviews and gives permission to review records for previous year and subsequent year.
5. Consents to randomization and participation in TMBI + follow-up or Care as Usual
6. Consents to audio recording in order for PI to conduct adherence rating

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Significant psychosis, cognitive, or other problems that prevent participant from understanding the study procedures or renders them unable to provide informed consent (suggesting that psychosocial therapeutic care is contra-indicated)
2. Judicially-ordered to treatment (e.g., subsequent to domestic violence) such that participation in study procedures could not be considered voluntary and participant is not free to drop out without significant negative consequences.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients who consult or are referred to oupatient psychiatric centers or private pratice, and who are considered suitable for ambulant psychodynamic group psychotherapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Active psychotic disorder, drug or alcohol dependence as main diagnosis, organically based symptoms, e.g. brain damage, autism and adult ADHD.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Meets DSM-IV criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder.
* Has had at least 2 self-harm episodes (either suicidal or non-suicidal) in the past 5 years, including at least 1 in the past 8 weeks.
* Proficient in English
* Provides informed consent to participate in the study.
* Absence of 8 or more standard weeks of DBT in the past year (individual and group therapy components).
* has had either Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) coverage or BC Medical Services Plan (MSP) health insurance for 1 year or more
* Absence of a pending criminal court case or charges.
* Has been a resident of Ontario or British Columbia for all of the past 12 months, at least.
* Lives in the Greater Toronto Area/Greater Vancouver Area

Exclusion Criteria:

* Meets the DSM-IV criteria for bipolar disorder I, dementia, or a psychotic disorder other than psychotic disorder NOS
* IQ less than 70
* Chronic or serious physical health problem requiring hospitalization within the next year (e.g., cancer)
* Plans to move to a province other than Ontario or BC in the next 2 years.
D: 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)

Answer: B