Dialectical behaviour therapy skills training compared to standard group therapy in borderline personality disorder: A 3-month randomised controlled clinical trial

Evaluation of a dialectical behavior therapy skills group for female inmates who voluntarily seek treatment : a pilot study.

“…The DBT -ST group was shown to be more effective for decreasing anxiety, depression, psychoticism, irritability, anger, and affective instability than the SGT group. The DBT -ST was also associated with lower drop-out rates than the SGT group (Soler et al, 2009). No effect sizes were reported for this study.…”

“…Based on this observation, the psychology staff members began offering the skills training component of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Comprehensive DBT has much empirical support in the literature (Linehan, Armstrong, Suarez, Almon, & Heard, 1991;Linehan, Heard, & Armstrong, 1993;Linehan, Tutek, Heard, & Armstrong, 1994), and some research support exists for the use of portions of this treatment (Harley, Sprich, Safren, Jacobo, & Fava, 2008;Kirby & Baucom, 2007;Nelson-Gray et al, 2006;Rajalin, Wickholm-Pethrus, Hursti, & Jokinen, 2009;Soler et al, 2009). This purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a partial Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills group as delivered in a naturalistic setting.…”

“…More recent research has begun to look at the effectiveness of the skills component of the treatment, but more is needed (Harley, Sprich, Saffen, Jacobo, & Fava, 2008;Kirby & Baucom, 2007;Nelson-Gray et al, 2006;Rajalin, Wickholm-Pethrus, Hursti, & Jokinen, 2009;Soler et al, 2009). …”

La thérapie comportementale dialectique

“…L'atteinte de ces cibles se produit via quatre modalités de traitement soit : a) la thérapie individuelle hebdomadaire, qui est le moteur principal de la motivation, de l'application spécifique des compétences et o 2 de leur généralisation dans la vie quotidienne ; b) les groupes d'entraî-nement, dont le but est l'acquisition des compétences ; c) la consultation téléphonique, qui permet la généralisation des compétences, la répa-ration de la relation thérapeutique, et la prévention des gestes qui menacent la vie ; et d) la supervision hebdomadaire avec l'équipe qui soutient le thérapeute, lui permettant de demeurer motivé, dialectique et qui lui permet d'augmenter ses compétences tout en prévenant l'épuisement (Linehan et al, 2006 ;Soler, Pascual et al, 2009).…”

Management of borderline personality disorder

“…However, 1 study showed that 13 weeks of life-skills group therapy was superior to standard group therapy. 30 Another study showed that a shortened, 6-month course of the full program resulted in significant reductions in target behaviours, including nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidal ideation. 31 Two studies showed dialectical behaviour therapy to be effective in patients with borderline personality disorder who had substance dependence.…”