We conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate whether dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a treatment that synthesizes behavioral change with radical acceptance strategies, would be more effective for heroin-dependent women with borderline personality disorder (N = 23) than Comprehensive Validation Therapy with 12-Step (CVT + 12S), a manualized approach that provided the major acceptan...

Cognitive Therapy for Suicidal Patients: Scientific and Clinical Applications is a major contribution to the literature on empirically based treatment of suicidal people. The book is a treatment manual for one of the few treatments that have been shown to reduce suicidal behavior. The authors, Amy Wenzel, Greg Brown, and Aaron Beck, describe in detail their treatment, which has been shown in a ...

Purpose This paper will explore the lived experiences of staff and service-users regarding the introduction of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) into an NHS forensic learning disability (LD) service. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on data from two recent qualitative research studies,the research team used a caseoriented approach to see beyond original findings to capture the shared exper...

Across studies, paying attention to and analyzing one's emotions has been found to be both positively and negatively correlated with depression symptoms. One way of reconciling these seemingly contradictory findings is the possibility that attending to emotions in a skillful manner may help to reduce depression whereas attending to emotions with limited skill may be counterproductive. Dialectic...

The growth of the evidence based practice (EBP) movement has created a need for efficient models of EBP training that provide timely feedback to trainees. This feasibility trial examined a technological approach to clinical supervision called bug-in-the-eye (BITE) among trainees learning Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Eight DBT trainees within a psychiatry residency program were randomized...

We examined the effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) training in community-based agencies. Data were gathered at four time points over a 2-year period from front-line mental health therapists (N=64) from 10 community-based agencies that participated in a DBT implementation initiative. We examined change on therapist attitudes toward consumers with Borderline Personality Disorder ...

Background. The literature suggests a link between childhood trauma and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies, including nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidality. We assessed the impact of a pilot dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) programme on reducing trauma-related symptoms and improving emotional regulation, suicidality, and NSSI in adolescents. Methods. Six adolescents attending...