Linehan,M.M.; Armstrong,H.E.; Suarez,A.; Allmon,D.; Heard,H.L. (1991). Cognitive-behavioral treatment of chronically parasuicidal borderline patients [see comments]. Archives of General Psychiatry, 48, 1060-1064. A randomized clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral therapy, i.e., dialectical behavior therapy, for the treatment of chronically parasuic...

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavioural treatment initially developed for adult women with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and a history of chronic suicidal behaviour (Linehan, 1993a; 1993b). DBT was the first treatment for BPD to demonstrate its efficacy in a randomised controlled trial (Linehan, Armstrong, Suarez, Allmon & Heard, 1991). Adaptations ...

Dialectical Enquiry (DI) as a research method was used in the study of customer/student experience and its management (CEM) in not for profit as higher education. The (DI) method is applied to senders, receivers of the customer experience across six English universities to gather real world data using an imposed dialectical structure and analysis. By conducting sixty interviews from the actors ...

Behavioral chain analyses, which are common in behavioral and cognitive-behavioral treatments more broadly, are the primary assessment tool in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). As such, they are conducted in nearly every DBT session. Despite their importance in the treatment, very little has been written about the “how-tos” of chain analyses in DBT or how to improve therapist skill in this ar...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com behavioral and cognitive therapies [1]. In addition, she stated that Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) are the most popular of the third wave therapies. This paper will briefly discuss hypnosis and mindfulness meditation as third wave behavioral therapies. Fina...

OBJECTIVE The authors sought to evaluate the clinical efficacy of dialectical behavior therapy compared with general psychiatric management, including a combination of psychodynamically informed therapy and symptom-targeted medication management derived from specific recommendations in APA guidelines for borderline personality disorder. METHOD This was a single-blind trial in which 180 patien...

OBJECTIVE Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills training is currently being administered as stand-alone treatment across a variety of clinical settings, serving diverse client populations. However, there is little empirical support for this use. METHOD In this systematic review, we identified 17 trials employing a treatment that included DBT skills training in the absence of the other DBT...

BACKGROUND The need to develop effective and accessible interventions for suicidal individuals engaging in heavy episodic drinking (HED) cannot be understated. While the link between alcohol use and suicidality is a complex one that remains to be elucidated, emotion dysregulation may play a key role in alcohol-related suicide risk in these individuals. OBJECTIVE In the current study, an 8-wee...