Table 4 Reliable improvement, worsening, or no change results by dyad
From: A case series of sage: a new couple-based intervention for borderline personality disorder
BPD severity | BPD severity (informant-report) | Suicidal ideation | Suicidal ideation (informant- report) | Conflict | Emotion Dysregulation | Emotion Dysregulation (informant-report) | Depression | Anxiety | Shame | Emotion Reactivity | Positive Emotion | Negative Emotion | Anger | Relationship Satisfaction | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case 1 | |||||||||||||||
  BPD +  | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | NC | ✓ | NC | ✓ | NC | NC | NC | ✓ |
  Partner | ✓ | NC | ✓ | X | NC | X | NC | X | NC | NC | NC | ||||
Case 2 | |||||||||||||||
 BPD +  | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | NC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | NC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | NC |
 Partner | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | NC | NC | NC | ✓ | NC | ✓ | NC | NC | ||||
Case 3 | |||||||||||||||
 BPD +  | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | ✓ | ✓ | X | NC | NC | X |
 Partner | NC | ✓ | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | ✓ | NC | NC | X | ||||
Case 4 | |||||||||||||||
 BPD +  | X | NC | X | NC | X | X | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | X |
 Partner | X | X | NC | NC | NC | X | NC | NC | NC | NC | X | ||||