dialectical behavior therapy
Sign in to saveAlso known as DBT, dialectical behaviour therapy
evidence-based psychotherapy designed to help people with emotional dysregulation such as in borderline personality disorder
Research
1,607 papers- Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Autism.Current psychiatry reports · 2025
- Cultural adaptations of dialectical behavior therapy: A systematic review.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2022
- Efficacy of dialectical behavior therapy for adolescent self-harm and suicidal ideation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 2021
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy Is Effective for the Treatment of Suicidal Behavior: A Meta-Analysis.Behavior therapy · 2019
- Dialectical behavior therapy as treatment for borderline personality disorder.The mental health clinician · 2016
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Encyclopedic overview
The skills modules in dialectical behavior therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy that began with efforts to treat personality disorders and interpersonal conflicts. Evidence suggests that DBT can be useful in treating mood disorders and suicidal ideation as well as for changing behavioral patterns such as self-harm and substance use. DBT evolved into a process in which the therapist and client work with acceptance and change-oriented strategies and ultimately balance and synthesize them as comparable to the philosophical dialectical process of thesis and antithesis, followed by synthesis.
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