Thursday, July 13, 2006

Personality Disorder and DBT

A further study in America has shown that Dialectical Behaviour Therapy halved the risk of suicide in women diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. The study was carried out using a group of over 100 women aged 18 to 45 years old.
Archives of General Psychiatry (2006) 63 757-766

Below are two links that you may find useful. The first gives an in depth overview of the therapy and the second offers a variety of resources for those connected with borderline personality disorder.
http://www.priory.com/dbt.htm
http://www.bpdresources.com/

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