A systematic review of economic evaluations of treatments for borderline personality disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The borderline personality disorder is a common mental disorder. It is frequently associated with various mental co-morbidities and a fundamental loss of functioning. The borderline personality disorder causes high costs to society. The aim of this study was to perform a systematic literature review of existing economic evaluations of treatments for borderline personality disorder.

Materials and methods

We performed a systematic literature search in MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO and NHSEED for partial and full economic evaluations regarding borderline personality disorder. Reported cost data were inflated to the year 2012 and converted into US-$ using purchasing power parities to allow for comparability. Quality assessment of the studies was performed by means of the Con

SUBMITTER: Brettschneider C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4180435 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature