Fig. 1. (A) Percentage of patients with borderline personality disorder showing particular forms of self-harm behaviours as reported in case notes. (B) Number of self-harm behaviours in patients with and without a reported history of childhood sexual abuse. (C–D) DES and CORE Jacobson plots. Circles, reliable change; triangles, no change; diamonds, deteriorated; green circle, average client score pre- and post-treatment; black line, line of no change. Within tramlines, no reliable change. (E) Patients who reported a history of sexual abuse had significantly higher levels of dissociation (DES-II) pre-therapy; this significantly reduced post-therapy. (F) Levels of psychological distress (CORE) significantly reduced in both groups following therapy.
