Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is effective for decreasing suicide attempts among adolescents with bipolar spectrum disorder, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Dialectical behavior therapy is effective for decreasing suicide attempts among adolescents with bipolar spectrum disorder, according to a study published online Sept. 13 inTina R. Goldstein, Ph.D., from University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues randomly assigned adolescents diagnosed with bipolar spectrum disorder to one year of DBT or standard-of-care psychotherapy .
During a mean follow-up of 47 weeks, both groups showed significant and similar improvement in mood symptoms and episodes. During follow-up, DBT participants reported significantly fewerversus SOC participants using the Adolescent Longitudinal Follow-Up Evaluation and using the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Pediatric Version .
attempt and time and mediated by improvement in emotion dysregulation , particularly for those with high baseline emotion dysregulation. "These findings support DBT as the first psychosocial intervention with demonstrated effects on suicidal behavior forTina R. Goldstein et al, Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder,
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