The usefulness of dialectical behavior therapy in substance abuse groups
June 17, 2011
Thesis Abstract
This evaluative project utilized qualitative and quantitative methods to research how thirteen substance abuse program participants incorporated components of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in their recovery and daily lives. Data was obtained using personal interviews post-DBT group training, and the validated Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills questionnaire before and after participation in the DBT groups. Findings show that through DBT skills practice, participants reported improvements in emotion regulation, impulse control, and self-acceptance. These findings further validate the usefulness of strengths-based programs as a balance to traditional, deficits-based approaches that rely less on personal resiliency to maintain sobriety...
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June 17, 2011
Thesis Abstract
This evaluative project utilized qualitative and quantitative methods to research how thirteen substance abuse program participants incorporated components of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in their recovery and daily lives. Data was obtained using personal interviews post-DBT group training, and the validated Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills questionnaire before and after participation in the DBT groups. Findings show that through DBT skills practice, participants reported improvements in emotion regulation, impulse control, and self-acceptance. These findings further validate the usefulness of strengths-based programs as a balance to traditional, deficits-based approaches that rely less on personal resiliency to maintain sobriety...
Related articles:
http://forum.psychlinks.ca/dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt/27118-dbt-meets-the-12-steps.html
http://forum.psychlinks.ca/dialecti...y-is-so-effective-for-multiple-disorders.html
http://forum.psychlinks.ca/dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt/27310-the-cycle-of-suffering.html
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IS DBT APPROPRIATE FOR PATIENTS WITH SUD BUT NOT BPD?
June 2008
...Although DBT contains elements that doubtless will be therapeutic for most patients, it is also likely to be considerably more extensive than most patients with a substance use disorder (SUD) require...As DBT was developed specifically for individuals with pervasive emotional dysregulation, DBT may be a good fit for people whose use of drugs is associated with affective dyscontrol. DBT may be ineffective for individuals with whom emotions play little, if any, role in their sustained use of drugs.
On the other hand, given that DBT was developed for a population of difficult-to-treat patients with multiple Axis I and Axis II problems, it may be a reasonable approach for the non-BPD multidiagnostic SUD patient who has failed on multiple occasions in other evidence-based SUD therapies. DBT may also be a reasonable first-line treatment for individuals who are substance dependent and chronically suicidal but do not meet criteria for BPD...
June 2008
...Although DBT contains elements that doubtless will be therapeutic for most patients, it is also likely to be considerably more extensive than most patients with a substance use disorder (SUD) require...As DBT was developed specifically for individuals with pervasive emotional dysregulation, DBT may be a good fit for people whose use of drugs is associated with affective dyscontrol. DBT may be ineffective for individuals with whom emotions play little, if any, role in their sustained use of drugs.
On the other hand, given that DBT was developed for a population of difficult-to-treat patients with multiple Axis I and Axis II problems, it may be a reasonable approach for the non-BPD multidiagnostic SUD patient who has failed on multiple occasions in other evidence-based SUD therapies. DBT may also be a reasonable first-line treatment for individuals who are substance dependent and chronically suicidal but do not meet criteria for BPD...
