Background
• Mindfulness-based treatments for various psychopathologies are clinically effective and growing in prevalence of use, i.e. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) . Mindfulness in DBT...
Background
PTSD and BPD are frequently comorbid disorders that are associated with a history of trauma, but their relationship is not well understood. They...
Introduction
Nearly 50% of patients diagnosed with BPD have a comorbid substance use disorder (2,3)
Studies show mixed conclusions linking emotion regulation (4) and...
Background
CBT is the typical treatment for PTSD, though outcome meta-analyses suggest 33% of traumatized clients are excluded from treatment studies due to substance use,...
Examining rising depression and anxiety disorders nationally: "The APA did a study exploring trends in psychological distress and major depressive episodes (MDE) from 2005...
Background
● People who experience sexual trauma (ST), such as unwanted sexual contact, may also experience severe mental health struggles as a result1
● Dialectical Behavior...
Background
•According to the Emotional Cascade Model (ECM), rumination is part of a positive feedback loop which amplifies negative affect, leading to emotional and behavioral...
Background
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was adapted from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to better meet needs of patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- treatment...
Intro/Background
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT; Linehan, 1993) is a well-established treatment for individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD)
• Less is known about the which...
Introduction
● Predictors of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) response have been previously identified, such as baseline symptom severity and homework completion (Yin et al., 2022)
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