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Examining posttraumatic stress disorder as a predictor of treatment response to dialectical behavior therapy
- Source :
- Journal of clinical psychologyREFERENCES. 76(9)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Objective This study examined the presence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a predictor of treatment response to dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) across the primary outcomes of interest within DBT (i.e., borderline personality disorder [BPD] symptoms, deliberate self-harm, emotion regulation [ER] difficulties) and PTSD symptoms. Method Participants (N = 56) were consecutive admissions to an outpatient DBT clinic that completed diagnostic interviews at intake and self-report outcome measures at intake and every 3 months throughout the treatment. Results Patients with (vs. without) a PTSD diagnosis did not report greater clinical severity at intake on most outcome measures, with the exception of PTSD symptom severity and, among older patients only, ER difficulties. The presence of a PTSD diagnosis was not associated with poorer treatment response to DBT. Instead, PTSD was associated with better response on the measure of BPD symptom severity. Conclusions The results suggest that patients with PTSD can benefit from DBT.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
050103 clinical psychology
Treatment response
Adolescent
medicine.medical_treatment
Poison control
behavioral disciplines and activities
Suicide prevention
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Occupational safety and health
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
mental disorders
Injury prevention
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Borderline personality disorder
05 social sciences
Human factors and ergonomics
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Dialectical behavior therapy
030227 psychiatry
Clinical Psychology
Treatment Outcome
Female
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10974679
- Volume :
- 76
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of clinical psychologyREFERENCES
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f93f2afa6df3146ec73e03cfa00a9b6c