EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF THE ADJUNCTIVE USE OF AN INTERNET-BASED SELF-MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER IN ADDITION TO CARE AS USUAL: RESULTS FROM A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Effectiveness and safety of the adjunctive use of an internet-based self-management intervention for borderline personality disorder in addition to care as usual: results from a randomised controlled trial

Importance Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe mental disorder that is often inadequately treated.Objective To determine if adding a self-management intervention Swivel Chair to care as usual (CAU) is effective and safe.Design Randomised, controlled, rater-blind trial.Duration of treatment and assessments: 12 months.Setting Secondary

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Rhetorical preferences in L2 writings

This study investigates variations in the L2 rhetoric across different L1 groups.To do this, the author compared the metadiscourse in English essays composed by 11 Asian learner groups.The multivariate statistical method, namely, the heat map with hierarchical clustering, was applied to clarify differences in metadiscourse among these groups.The re

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