title: Collaborative Care for Patients With Severe Personality Disorders: Preliminary Results and Active Ingredients From a Pilot Study (Part I).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test if a collaborative care program (CCP) with nurses in a coordinating position is beneficial for patients with severe personality disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  A pilot study with a comparative multiple case study design using mixed methods investigating active ingredients and preliminary results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most patients, their informal caregivers, and nurses value (parts of) the CCP positively; preliminary results show a significant decrease in severity of borderline symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With the CCP, we may expand the supply of available treatments for patients with (severe) personality disorders, but a larger randomized controlled trial is warranted to confirm our preliminary results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam/GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.|Research Group Mental Health Nursing/Cluster Nursing, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stringer
authors.affiliation: Research Group Mental Health Nursing/Cluster Nursing, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.|Parnassia Academy, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Berno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van Meijel
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Centre Children and Adolescents, De Jutters Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Pieter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karman
authors.affiliation: ProCES, Pro Persona GGZ, Wolfheze, The Netherlands.|Research Group Social Psychiatry & Mental Health Nursing, HAN University of Applied Science, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Bauke
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koekkoek
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam/GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Adriaan W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Hoogendoorn
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ad J F M
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kerkhof
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam/GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Aartjan T F
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Beekman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D017028:Caregivers; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011340:Problem Solving; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D057566:Self Report
keywords: Borderline personality disorder; collaborative care; community mental health service; practice development; psychiatric nursing