RESEARCH
Research on the Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy
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DEPRESSION
Meygoni, A, & Ahadi, H. (2012). Declining the Rate of Major Depression: Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 35, 230-236.
Lynch, T.R., Morse, J.Q., Mendelson, T., Robins, C.J. (2003). Dialectical behavior therapy for depressed older adults: A randomized pilot study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(1), 33–45.
PTSD
Harned, M.S. & Schmidt, S.C. (2018). Perspectives on a Stage-Based Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Dialectical Behavior Therapy Consumers in Public Mental Health Settings. Community Mental Health Journal.
ADOLESCENTS
L Mehlum, R Ramleth, AJ Tørmoen, E Haga, LM Diep, B Stanley... & B Grøholt. (2019). Long term effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy versus enhanced usual care foradolescents with self‐harming and suicidal behavior. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Elizabeth McCauley, PhD; Michele S. Berk, PhD; Joan R. Asarnow, PhD et al (2018). Efficacy of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents at High Risk for Suicide: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online June 20, 2018. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.1109
A Smith, K Freeman, S Montgomery, D Vermeersch, & S James. (2018). Executive Functioning Outcomes Among Adolescents Receiving Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal.
Mehlum, L, Ramberg, M, Tørmoen, AJ, Haga, E, Diep, LM, et al. (2016). Dialectical behavior therapy compared with enhanced usual care for adolescents with repeated suicidal and self-harming behavior: outcomes over a one-year follow-up. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 55, 295-300.
Mehlum, L, Tørmoen, AJ, Ramberg, M, Haga, E, Diep, LM et al. (2014). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for adolescents with repeated suicidal and self-harming behavior: A randomized trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 53, 1082-1091.
SELF HARM
Priebe, S, Bhatti, N, Barnicot, K, Bremner, S, Gaglia, A et al. (2012). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of dialectical behaviour therapy for self-harming patients with personality disorder: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 81, 356-365.
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
Linehan, MM, Korslund, KE, Harned, MS, Gallop, RJ, Lungu, A, Neacsiu, AD et al. (2015). Dialectical behavior therapy for high suicide risk in individuals with borderline personality disorder: A randomized clinical trial and component analysis. JAMA Psychiatry, 72, 475-482.
Carter, GL, Willcox, CH, Lewin, TJ, Conrad, AM, & Bendit, N (2010). Hunter DBT Project: Randomized controlled trial of dialectical behaviour therapy in women with borderline personality disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 44, 162-173.
Linehan, M.M., Heard,H.L., Armstrong,H.E. (1993). Nat u ral is tic follow-up of a behavioral treatment for chronically parasuicidal borderline patients. Archives of General Psychiatry, 50, 971–974.
McMain, SF, Links, PS, Gnam, WH, Guimond, T, Cardish, RJ, Korman, L., & Streiner, DL (2009). A randomized trial of dialectical behavior therapy versus general psychiatric management for borderline personality disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 166, 1365-1374.
COLLEGE STUDENTS
Pistorello, J, Fruzzetti, AE, Maclane, C, Gallop, R, & Iverson, KM (2012). Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) applied to college students: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80, 982-994.
DISORDERED EATING
Early Versus Later Improvements inTA Brown, A Cusack, L Anderson, EE Reiley, LA Berner, CE Wierenga....& WH Kaye (2019). Early Versus Later Improvements inDialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Use and Treatment Outcome in Eating Disorders. Cognitive Therapy & Research.
Lenz, A, Taylor, R, Fleming, M, & Serman, N (2014). Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Treating Eating Disorders. Journal of Counseling and Development, 92, 26-35.
Telch, C. F., Agras, W. S., & Linehan, M. M. (2001). Dialectical behavior therapy for binge eating disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69(6), 1061–1065.
Safer, D.L., Telch, C.F., Agras, W.S. (2001). Dialectical behavior therapy for bulimia nervosa. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158(4), 632–634.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
M Cavicchioli, M Movalli, G Vassena, P Ramella, F Prude, & C Maffei. (2019). The therapeutic role of emotion regulation and coping strategies during a stand-alone DBT Skills training program for alcohol use disorder and concurrent substance use disorders. Addictive Behaviors.
Linehan, M.M., Schmidt,H., Dimeff,L.A., Craft,J.C., Kanter,J., Comtois,K.A. (1999). Dialectical behavior therapy for patients with borderline personality dis or der and drug-dependence. American Journal on Addiction, 8(4), 279–292.
Linehan, M.M., Dimeff, L.A., Reynolds, S.K., Comtois, K.A., Welch, S.S., Heagerty, P., Kivla han, D.R. (2002). Dialectical behav ior therapy versus comprehensive validation plus 12-step for the treatment of opioid dependent women meeting criteria for borderline personality disorder. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 67(1), 13–26.
van den Bosch, L.M.C., Ver heul, R., Schip pers, G.M., van den Brink, W. (2002). Dialectical Behavior Therapy of border line patients with and without substance use problems: Implementation and long-term effects. Addictive Behaviors, 27(6), 911–923.
ANXIETY
MV Navarro-Haro, M Modrego-Alarcón, HG Hoffman, A López-Montoyo, M Navarro- Gil, J Montero-Marin..... & J García-Caqpayo. (2019). Evaluation of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention With and Without Virtual Reality Dialectical Behavior Therapy® Mindfulness Skills Training for the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Primary Care: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Psychology.