comparing the efficacy of emotion-focused therapy and transcranial direct current stimulation on impulsivity, emotion regulation, and suicidal ideation in young people with borderline personality disorder

The present study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and transcranial direct current stimulation on impulsivity, cognitive-emotional regulation, and suicidal thoughts in young people with borderline personality disorder.the current research is a semi-experimental type with pre-test–post-test and control group. the statistical population of this research includes people with borderline personality disorder who were referred to the psychiatric hospital in ardabil city in the summer of 2022. the statistical sample of the research consisted of 45 people with borderline personality disorder who were selected by purposive sampling. the current survey includes three groups  with at least 15 participants in each group. subjects were randomly assigned to two groups of emotion-focused therapy, transcranial direct current stimulation and control group. the tools of this research included barrett’s impulsivity questionnaire, garnefsky’s cognitive-emotional regulation (cerq),  beck scale for suicidal ideations (bssi), and the research tools included emotion-focused therapy and transcranial direct current stimulation. the results of the bonferroni test in the post-test stage indicated a significant difference between emotion-focused therapy and transcranial direct current stimulation in emotional cognitive regulation, impulsivity and suicidal thoughts; however, no significant differences were found between the two experimental groups  across any of the variables. emotion-focused therapy and transcranial direct current stimulation are effective in emotional cognitive regulation, impulsivity and suicidal thoughts in young people with borderline personality disorder; therefore, it is suggested to use these two interventions to regulate emotional cognition, reduce impulsivity and reduce suicidal thoughts.