Dialectical behavior therapy and the treatment of emotion dysregulation.
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a disorder characterized by severe disturbances in emotion regulation. In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), affect dysregulation is seen as a consequence of a transaction between a biological predisposition to emotion vulnerability and invalidating environmental experiences. In the past few years, a growing body of research has accumulated demonstrating the efficacy of DBT in treating severely disordered, chronically suicidal, and substance-dependent individuals with BPD. This article describes a DBT approach to the treatment of emotion regulation in individuals with BPD.
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Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and  University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. shelley_mcmain@camh.net
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D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory; D013811:Psychotherapeutic Processes; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology