**PubMed**
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# Personality disorders (borderline symptoms)
“borderline client*”[tiab] OR “borderline patient*”[tiab] OR “borderline person*”[tiab] OR "Borderline Personality Disorder"[Mesh] OR “borderline state*”[tiab] OR “borderline symptom*”[tiab] OR “personality dis*”[tiab] OR "Personality Disorders"[Mesh]

# Psychotherapy
“acceptance and commitment therap*”[tiab] OR aromatherap*[tiab] OR “art therap*”[tiab] OR “behavior intervention*”[tiab] OR “behavior therap*”[tiab] OR “behavior treatment*”[tiab] OR “behavioral intervention*”[tiab] OR “behavioral therap*”[tiab] OR “behavioral treatment*”[tiab] OR “behaviour intervention*”[tiab] OR “behaviour therap*”[tiab] OR “behaviour treatment*”[tiab] OR “behavioural intervention*”[tiab] OR “behavioural therap*”[tiab] OR “behavioural treatment*”[tiab] OR bibliotherap*[tiab] OR CAMS[tiab] OR CBT[tiab] OR “cognitive psychotherap*”[tiab] OR “cognitive therap*”[tiab] OR “collaborative assessment*”[tiab] OR “color therap*”[tiab] OR “crisis intervention*”[tiab] OR “dance therap*”[tiab] OR (DBT[tiab] AND dialectical*[tiab]) OR “desensitisation reprocessing”[tiab] OR “desensitization reprocessing”[tiab] OR “dialectical behavio*”[tiab] OR EMDR[tiab] OR “emotion-focused therap*”[tiab] OR “exposure therap*”[tiab] OR (“future oriented”[tiab] AND training[tiab]) OR “gestalt therap*”[tiab] OR grouptherap*[tiab] OR “group therap*”[tiab] OR hypnos*[tiab] OR imagery[tiab] OR “implosive therap*”[tiab] OR “interpersonal therap*”[tiab] OR “mentalisation-based therap*”[tiab] OR “mentalization-based therap*”[tiab] OR (“mentalisation-based”[tiab] AND training[tiab]) OR (“mentalization-based”[tiab] AND training[tiab]) OR “milieu therap*”[tiab] OR mindfulness[tiab] OR “music therap*”[tiab] OR “narrative therap*”[tiab] OR “play therap*”[tiab] OR “problem-solving therap*”[tiab] OR “psychoanalytic therap*”[tiab] OR “psychological desensitization*”[tiab] OR “psychological feedback”[tiab] OR “psychological intervention*”[tiab] OR “psychological therap*”[tiab] OR “psychological treatment*”[tiab] OR psychotherap*[tiab] OR "Psychotherapy"[Mesh] OR “reality therap*”[tiab] OR “sensory feedback”[tiab] OR “socioenvironmental therap*”[tiab] OR STEPPS[tiab] OR (systems[tiab] AND training[tiab] AND emotional[tiab] AND predictability[tiab] AND “problem solving*”[tiab])

# Studytype
“clinical trial*”[tiab] OR “Clinical Trial”[pt] OR "Clinical Trials as Topic"[Mesh] OR “Controlled Clinical Trial”[pt] OR “controlled trial*”[tiab] OR “Double-blind method”[Mesh] OR feasib* [tiab] OR "Feasibility Studies"[Mesh] OR random [tw] OR “Random allocation” [Mesh] OR randomised[tw] OR randomising[tw] OR randomized[tw] OR “Randomized Controlled Trial”[pt] OR “Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic”[Mesh] OR randomizing [tw] OR randomly[tw] OR RCT[tiab] OR ((singl*[tw] OR doubl*[tw] OR trebl*[tw] OR tripl*[tw]) AND (mask*[tw] OR blind*[tw] OR dumm*[tw])) OR “Single-blind method”[Mesh] OR utilit*[tiab]



**Embase**
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# Personality disorders (borderline symptoms)
‘borderline client*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘borderline patient*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘borderline person*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘borderline state*’:ab,ti,kw OR 'borderline state'/exp OR ‘borderline symptom*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘personality dis*’:ab,ti,kw OR 'personality disorder'/exp

# Psychotherapy
‘acceptance and commitment therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR aromatherap*:ab,ti,kw OR ‘art therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘behavior intervention*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘behavior therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘behavior treatment*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘behavioral therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘behavioral intervention*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘behavioral treatment*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘behaviour intervention*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘behaviour therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘behaviour treatment*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘behavioural intervention*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘behavioural therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘behavioural treatment*’:ab,ti,kw OR bibliotherap*:ab,ti,kw OR CAMS:ab,ti,kw OR CBT:ab,ti,kw OR ‘cognitive psychotherap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘cognitive therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘collaborative assessment*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘color therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘crisis intervention*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘dance therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR (DBT NEAR/3 dialectical*):ab,ti,kw OR ‘desensitisation reprocessing’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘desensitization reprocessing’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘dialectical behavio*’:ab,ti,kw OR EMDR:ab,ti,kw OR ‘emotion-focused therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘exposure therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR (‘future oriented’ NEAR/3 training):ab,ti,kw OR ‘gestalt therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘group therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR grouptherap*:ab,ti,kw OR hypnos*:ab,ti,kw OR imagery:ab,ti,kw OR ‘implosive therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘interpersonal therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR (‘mentalisation-based’ NEAR/3 training):ab,ti,kw OR (‘mentalization-based’ NEAR/3 training):ab,ti,kw OR ‘mentalisation-based therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘mentalization-based therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘milieu therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR mindfulness:ab,ti,kw OR ‘music therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘narrative therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘play therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘problem-solving therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘psychoanalytic therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘psychological desensitization*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘psychological feedback’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘psychological intervention*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘psychological therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘psychological treatment*’:ab,ti,kw OR psychotherap*:ab,ti,kw OR 'psychotherapy'/exp OR ‘reality therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘sensory feedback’:ab,ti,kw OR ‘socioenvironmental therap*’:ab,ti,kw OR STEPPS:ab,ti,kw OR (systems NEAR/1 training NEAR/2 emotional NEAR/1 predictability NEAR/2 ‘problem solving*’):ab,ti,kw

# Studytype
‘controlled trial*':ab,ti,kw OR ‘clinical trial*’:ab,ti,kw OR 'clinical trial'/de OR 'clinical trial'/lnk OR 'controlled clinical trial'/de OR 'controlled clinical trial'/exp OR 'controlled study'/de OR 'double blind procedure'/de OR feasib*:ab,ti,kw OR 'feasibility study'/de OR random:ab,ti,kw OR randomised:ab,ti,kw OR randomising:ab,ti,kw OR 'randomization'/exp OR 'randomized controlled trial'/exp OR randomized:ab,ti,kw OR randomizing:ab,ti,kw OR randomly:ab,ti,kw OR RCT*:ab,ti,kw OR 'single blind procedure'/exp OR ((singl* OR doubl* OR trebl* OR tripl*) NEAR/3 (mask* OR blind* OR dumm*)):ab,ti,kw OR utilit*:ab,ti,kw



**PsycINFO**
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# Personality disorders (borderline symptoms)
DE "Antisocial Personality Disorder" OR DE "Avoidant Personality Disorder" OR KW(borderline) OR “borderline client*” OR “borderline client*” OR “borderline patient*” OR “borderline patient*” OR “borderline person*” OR “borderline person*” OR DE "Borderline Personality Disorder" OR “borderline state*”) OR “borderline state*”) OR DE "Borderline States" OR “borderline symptom*” OR “borderline symptom*” OR DE "Dependent Personality Disorder" OR DE "Histrionic Personality Disorder" OR DE "Narcissistic Personality Disorder" OR DE "Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder" OR DE "Paranoid Personality Disorder" OR DE "Passive Aggressive Personality Disorder" OR AB(“personality dis*” OR TI(“personality dis*” OR DE "Personality Disorders" OR DE "Sadomasochistic Personality" OR DE "Schizoid Personality Disorder" OR DE "Schizotypal Personality Disorder"

# Psychotherapy
“acceptance and commitment therap*” OR “acceptance and commitment therap*” OR DE "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" OR DE "Adlerian Psychotherapy" OR DE "Adolescent Psychotherapy" OR DE "Affirmative Therapy" OR DE "Analytical Psychotherapy" OR aromatherap* OR aromatherap* OR aromatherap* OR “art therap*” OR “art therap*” OR DE "Autogenic Training" OR “behavior intervention*” OR “behavior intervention*” OR “behavior therap*” OR “behavior therap*” OR DE "Behavior Therapy" OR “behavior treatment*” OR “behavior treatment*” OR “behavioral intervention*” OR “behavioral intervention*” OR “behavioral therap*” OR “behavioral therap*” OR “behavioral treatment*” OR “behavioral treatment*” OR “behaviour intervention*” OR “behaviour intervention*” OR “behaviour therap*” OR “behaviour therap*” OR “behaviour treatment*” OR “behaviour treatment*” OR “behavioural intervention*” OR “behavioural intervention*” OR “behavioural therap*” OR “behavioural therap*” OR “behavioural treatment*” OR “behavioural treatment*” OR bibliotherap* OR bibliotherap* OR bibliotherap* OR DE "Brief Psychotherapy" OR DE "Brief Relational Therapy" OR “CAMS” OR “CAMS” OR “CAMS” OR CBT OR CBT OR CBT OR DE "Child Psychotherapy" OR DE "Client Centered Therapy" OR DE "Cognitive Behavior Therapy" OR “cognitive psychotherap*” OR “cognitive psychotherap*” OR DE "Cognitive Restructuring" OR “cognitive therap*” OR “cognitive therap*” OR DE "Cognitive Therapy" OR “collaborative assessment*” OR “collaborative assessment*” OR “color therap*” OR “color therap*” OR DE "Conversion Therapy" OR DE "Couples Therapy" OR “crisis intervention*” OR “crisis intervention*” OR “dance therap*” OR “dance therap*” OR (DBT W3 dialectical*) OR (DBT W3 dialectical*) OR “desensitisation reprocessing” OR “desensitisation reprocessing” OR “desensitization reprocessing” OR “desensitization reprocessing” OR “dialectical behavio*” OR “dialectical behavio*” OR DE "Dialectical Behavior Therapy" OR DE "Eclectic Psychotherapy" OR “EMDR” OR “EMDR” OR “EMDR” OR “emotion-focused therap*” OR “emotion-focused therap*” OR DE "Emotion Focused Therapy" OR DE "Existential Therapy" OR DE "Experiential Psychotherapy" OR “exposure therap*” OR “exposure therap*” OR DE "Exposure Therapy" OR DE "Expressive Psychotherapy" OR DE "Eye Movement Desensitization Therapy" OR DE "Feminist Therapy" OR (“future oriented” W3 training) OR (“future oriented” W3 training) OR “gestalt therap*” OR “gestalt therap*” OR DE "Gestalt Therapy" OR DE "Group Psychotherapy" OR grouptherap* OR grouptherap* OR grouptherap* OR “group therap*” OR “group therap*” OR DE "Guided Imagery" OR DE "Humanistic Psychotherapy" OR hypnos* OR hypnos* OR hypnos* OR DE "Hypnotherapy" OR DE "Imaginal Exposure" OR imagery OR imagery OR imagery OR “implosive therap*” OR “implosive therap*” OR DE "Implosive Therapy" OR DE "In Vivo Exposure" OR DE "Individual Psychotherapy" OR DE "Insight Therapy" OR DE "Integrative Psychotherapy" OR DE "Interpersonal Psychotherapy" OR “interpersonal therap*” OR “interpersonal therap*” OR DE "Logotherapy" OR “mentalisation-based therap*” OR “mentalisation-based therap*” OR (“mentalisation-based” W3 training) OR (“mentalisation-based” W3 training) OR “mentalization- based therap*”) OR “mentalization-based therap*”) OR (“mentalization-based” W3 training) OR (“mentalization-based” W3 training) OR “milieu therap*” OR “milieu therap*” OR mindfulness OR mindfulness OR mindfulness OR DE "Mindfulness" OR DE "Mindfulness-Based Interventions" OR DE "Multisystemic Therapy" OR “music therap*” OR “music therap*” OR “narrative therap*” OR “narrative therap*” OR DE "Narrative Therapy" OR DE "Network Therapy" OR DE "Persuasion Therapy" OR “play therap*” OR “play therap*” OR DE "Play Therapy" OR “problem-solving therap*” OR “problem-solving therap*” OR DE "Prolonged Exposure Therapy" OR “psychoanalytic therap*” OR “psychoanalytic therap*” OR DE "Psychodrama" OR DE "Psychodynamic Psychotherapy" OR “psychological desensitization*” OR “psychological desensitization*” OR “psychological feedback” OR “psychological feedback” OR “psychological intervention*” OR “psychological intervention*” OR “psychological therap*” OR “psychological therap*” OR “psychological treatment*” OR “psychological treatment*” OR AB(psychotherap* OR KW(psychotherap* OR TI(psychotherap* OR DE "Psychotherapeutic Counseling" OR DE "Psychotherapy" OR DE "Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy" OR “reality therap*” OR “reality therap*” OR DE "Reality Therapy" OR DE "Schema Therapy" OR “sensory feedback” OR “sensory feedback” OR “socioenvironmental therap*” OR “socioenvironmental therap*” OR DE "Solution Focused Therapy" OR “STEPPS” OR “STEPPS” OR “STEPPS”) OR DE "Strategic Therapy" OR DE "Supportive Psychotherapy" OR DE "Systematic Desensitization Therapy" OR (“systems training” W1 “emotional predictability” W1 “problem solving*”) OR (“systems training” W1 “emotional predictability” W1 “problem solving*”) OR DE "Transactional Analysis" OR DE "Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy"


# Studytype
DE "Clinical Trials" OR DE "Randomized Clinical Trials" OR DE "Randomized Controlled Trials" OR AB(random OR randomly OR randomised OR randomized OR randomising OR randomizing OR ((singl* OR doubl* OR trebl* OR tripl*) W3 (mask* OR blind* OR dumm*)) OR RCT* OR feasib* OR “clinical trial*” OR “controlled trial*” OR utilit*) OR KW(random OR randomly OR randomised OR randomized OR randomising OR randomizing OR ((singl* OR doubl* OR trebl* OR tripl*) W3 (mask* OR blind* OR dumm*)) OR RCT* OR feasib* OR “clinical trial*” OR “controlled trial*” OR utilit*) OR TI(random OR randomly OR randomised OR randomized OR randomising OR randomizing OR ((singl* OR doubl* OR trebl* OR tripl*) W3 (mask* OR blind* OR dumm*)) OR RCT* OR feasib* OR “clinical trial*” OR “controlled trial*” OR utilit*) OR DE "Random Sampling"



**Web of Science**
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# Personality disorders (borderline symptoms)
TS=(“borderline client*” OR “borderline patient*” OR “borderline person*” OR “borderline state*” OR “borderline symptom*” OR “personality dis*”)

# Psychotherapy
TS=( “acceptance and commitment therap*” OR aromatherap* OR “art therap*” OR “behavior intervention*” OR “behavior therap*” OR “behavior treatment*” OR “behavioral intervention*” OR “behavioral therap*” OR “behavioral treatment*” OR “behaviour intervention*” OR “behaviour therap*” OR “behaviour treatment*” OR “behavioural intervention*” OR “behavioural therap*” OR “behavioural treatment*” OR bibliotherap* OR “CAMS” OR CBT OR “cognitive psychotherap*” OR “cognitive therap*” OR “collaborative assessment*” OR “color therap*” OR “crisis intervention*” OR “dance therap*” OR (DBT NEAR/3 dialectical*) OR “desensitisation reprocessing” OR “desensitization reprocessing” OR “dialectical behavio*” OR “EMDR” OR “emotion-focused therap*” OR “exposure therap*” OR (“future oriented” NEAR/3 training) OR “gestalt therap*” OR “group therap*” OR grouptherap* OR hypnos* OR imagery OR “implosive therap*” OR “interpersonal therap*” OR mindfulness OR (“mentalisation-based” NEAR/3 training) OR (“mentalization-based” NEAR/3 training) OR “mentalisation-based therap*” OR “mentalization- based therap*” OR “milieu therap*” OR “music therap*” OR “narrative therap*” OR “play therap*” OR “problem-solving therap*” OR “psychoanalytic therap*” OR “psychological desensitization*” OR “psychological feedback” OR “psychological intervention*” OR “psychological therap*” OR “psychological treatment*” OR psychotherap* OR “reality therap*” OR “sensory feedback” OR “socioenvironmental therap*” OR “STEPPS” OR (“systems training” NEAR/1 “emotional predictability” NEAR/1 “problem solving*”))

# Studytype
TS=(“clinical trial*” OR “controlled trial*” OR feasib* OR random OR randomised OR randomising OR randomized OR randomizing OR randomly OR RCT* OR ((singl* OR doubl* OR trebl* OR tripl*) NEAR/3 (mask* OR blind* OR dumm*)) OR utilit*)




**Scopus**
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# Personality disorders (borderline symptoms)
TITLE-ABS-KEY(“borderline client*” OR “borderline patient*” OR “borderline person*” OR “borderline state*” OR “borderline symptom*” OR “personality dis*”)

# Psychotherapy
TITLE-ABS-KEY(“acceptance and commitment therap*” OR “art therap*” OR aromatherap* OR “behavior intervention*” OR “behavior therap*” OR “behavior treatment*” OR “behavioral intervention*” OR “behavioral therap*” OR “behavioral treatment*” OR “behaviour intervention*” OR “behaviour therap*” OR “behaviour treatment*” OR “behavioural intervention*” OR “behavioural therap*” OR “behavioural treatment*” OR bibliotherap* OR “CAMS” OR CBT OR “cognitive psychotherap*” OR “cognitive therap*” OR “collaborative assessment*” OR “color therap*” OR “crisis intervention*” OR “dance therap*” OR (DBT W/3 dialectical*) OR “desensitisation reprocessing” OR “desensitization reprocessing” OR “dialectical behavio*” OR “EMDR” OR “emotion-focused therap*” OR “exposure therap*” OR (“future oriented” W/3 training) OR “gestalt therap*” OR “group therap*” OR grouptherap* OR hypnos* OR imagery OR “implosive therap*” OR “interpersonal therap*” OR (“mentalisation-based” W/3 training) OR (“mentalization- based” W/3 training) OR “mentalisation-based therap*” OR “mentalization-based therap*” OR “milieu therap*” OR mindfulness OR “music therap*” OR “narrative therap*” OR “play therap*” OR “problem-solving therap*” OR “psychoanalytic therap*” OR “psychological desensitization*” OR “psychological feedback” OR “psychological intervention*” OR “psychological therap*” OR “psychological treatment*” OR psychotherap* OR “reality therap*” OR “sensory feedback” OR “socioenvironmental therap*” OR “STEPPS” OR (“systems training” W/1 “emotional predictability” W/1 “problem solving*”))

# Studytype
TITLE-ABS-KEY(“clinical trial*” OR “controlled trial*” OR feasib* OR random OR randomised OR randomising OR randomized OR randomizing OR randomly OR RCT* OR ((singl* OR doubl* OR trebl* OR tripl*) W/3 (mask* OR blind* OR dumm*)) OR utilit*)




**Cochrane**
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# Personality disorders (borderline symptoms)
(“borderline client*” OR “borderline patient*” OR “borderline person*” OR “borderline state*” OR “borderline symptom*” OR “personality disorder*”):ab,ti,kw

# Psychotherapy
(“acceptance and commitment therapy” OR aromatherap* OR “art therapy” OR “behavior intervention*” OR “behavior therapy” OR “behavior treatment*” OR “behavioral intervention*” OR “behavioral therapy” OR “behavioral treatment*” OR “behaviour intervention*” OR “behaviour therapy” OR “behaviour treatment*” OR “behavioural intervention*” OR “behavioural therapy” OR “behavioural treatment*” OR bibliotherap* OR “CAMS” OR CBT OR “cognitive psychotherapy” OR “cognitive therapy” OR “collaborative assessment*” OR “color therapy” OR “crisis intervention*” OR “dance therapy” OR (DBT AND dialectical*) OR “desensitisation reprocessing” OR “desensitization reprocessing” OR “dialectical behavioral” OR “EMDR” OR “emotion-focused therapy” OR “exposure therapy” OR (“future oriented” AND training) OR “gestalt therapy” OR “group therapy” OR grouptherapy OR hypnose OR imagery OR “implosive therapy” OR “interpersonal therapy” OR (“mentalisation-based” AND training) OR (“mentalization-based” AND training) OR “mentalisation-based therapy” OR “mentalization-based therapy” OR “milieu therapy” OR mindfulness OR “music therapy” OR “narrative therapy” OR “play therapy” OR “problem- solving therapy” OR “psychoanalytic therapy” OR “psychological desensitization*” OR “psychological feedback” OR “psychological intervention*” OR “psychological therapy” OR “psychological treatment*” OR psychotherap* OR “reality therapy” OR “sensory feedback” OR “socioenvironmental therapy” OR “STEPPS” OR (“systems training” AND “emotional predictability” AND “problem solving*”)):ab,ti,kw

# Studytype
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