title: Reputation and science: examining the effectiveness of DBT in the treatment of borderline personality disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper examines the evidence base for dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) in the treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  DBT has built an impressive reputation within psychology and psychiatry as an effective treatment for deliberate self harm and chronic suicidal behaviours in patients with BPD. However, when each of the randomised controlled trials that comprise this evidence base is examined carefully, the actual results are less convincing about DBT's positive reputation.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Psychotherapy, James Fletcher Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bendit
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
keywords: deliberate self harm; evidence base; psychotherapy; research; suicidal behaviour