OBJECTIVE This study presents case-series data on a novel outpatient program that blends dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) with standard eating disorder (ED) interventions (i.e., food exposure, weight monitoring, cognitive modification, ED psychoeducation) for patients with complex and multidiagnostic ED presentations. METHOD Quantitative and qualitative data was collected on a sample of sev...

A randomized clinical trial was conducted to evaluate whether Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), an effective cognitive-behavioral treatment for suicidal individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD), would also be effective for drug-dependent women with BPD when compared with treatment-as-usual (TAU) in the community. Subjects were randomly assigned to either DBT or TAU for a year of...

A 32-year-old woman with recurrent major depressive disorder, borderline personality disorder, micro-psychotic episodes, and poor impulse control had multiple psychiatric hospitalizations because of dangerous cutting behavior. The self-injurious behavior had not been responsive to multiple pharmacological interventions or to dialectical behavioral therapy. Because it has been shown to reduce im...