Ullevål PersonalityProject is a ranomized controlled trial of treatment of patients with personality disorder. It's main purpose is to test the effect of a long-term combined treatment program compared with eclectic individual therapy for poorly functioning patients with personality disorders.~The experiment treatment is guided by written treatment guidelines and comprises:~18 weeks intensive day treatment~followed by long-term outpatient combined group psychotherapy and individual therapy for 4 and 2,5 years respectively.~The control treatment comprises:~1. eclectic psychotherapy, here understood as psychotherapy according to the preference and regular practice of the therapist.~120 patients with personality disorders admitted to Department of personality psychiatry, Psychiatric division, Ullevål University Hospital are randomized to either experiment or control condition. The patients are evaluated at baseline and after 8, 18, 36, 72 months. The evaluations comprise a large battery of psychological tests and structured interviews.
Ullevål PersonalityProject is a ranomized controlled trial of treatment of patients with personality disorder. It's main purpose is to test the effect of a long-term combined treatment program compared with eclectic individual therapy for patients with personality disorders.~The main study hypothesis is that long-term combined treatment is superior to eclectic individual therapy with respect to improvement in personality functioning, psychosocial functioning, symptoms, interpersonal problems, and self destructive behavior for poorly functioning patients with personality disorders.