@article{ref1,
title="Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in a Community Mental Health Center",
journal="Cognitive and behavioral practice",
year="2007",
author="Comtois, K.A. and Elwood, L. and Holdcraft, L.C. and Smith, W.R. and Simpson, T.L.",
volume="14",
number="4",
pages="406-414",
abstract="Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has been shown to be effective in randomized controlled trials with women with borderline personality disorder and histories of chronic self-inflicted injury including suicide attempts. The present study is a pre-post replication of a comprehensive DBT program in a community mental health center for individuals who chronically injure themselves and/or have experienced multiple treatment failures. Twenty-four subjects were given the Treatment History Interview to obtain information regarding medically treated self-inflicted injuries and the use of crisis services. After 1 year of treatment, DBT showed a significant reduction in the number and severity of self-inflicted injuries, psychiatric-related emergency room visits, psychiatric inpatient admissions and days, and the number of crisis treatment systems engaged. <br><br>RESULTS are compared to benchmarks from 3 other clinical trials of DBT. While this pre-post comparison has threats to internal validity, it supports the feasibility of DBT when fully implemented in a community mental health clinic. © 2007.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-7229",
doi="10.1016/j.cbpra.2006.04.023",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2006.04.023"
}