Linehan DBT

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Chronically Suicidal BPD

Patient / Population Intervention / Exposition Vergleich Endpunkt

In 44 chronically suicidal women with BPD, 1 year of dialectical behaviour therapy reduced parasuicidal behaviour and hospital days compared with treatment as usual.

N
44
Design
RCT, USA
Endpunkt
Parasuicidal episodes and hospitalisation
Relevanz
1
ErgebnisFewer parasuicidal acts, fewer inpatient days, lower dropout under DBT.
Linehan MM, et al. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1991;48(12):1060-1064. 10.1001/archpsyc.1991.01810360024003
Diskussion & Kritik

Birth of an evidence base for BPD; reframed the disorder from 'untreatable' to manualised treatable.