title: Family skills training in dialectical behaviour therapy: the experience of the significant others.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to describe significant others' experiences of dialectical behaviour therapy-family skills training (DBT-FST), their life situation before and after DBT-FST, and measurement of their levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study had a descriptive mixed method design. Data were collected with free text questionnaires (n=44), group interviews (n=53) and the HAD scale (n=52) and analysed by qualitative content analysis and descriptive and inferential statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results show that life before DBT-FST was a struggle. DBT-FST gave hope for the future and provided strategies, helpful in daily life. For the subgroup without symptoms of anxiety and depression before DBT-FST, anxiety increased significantly. For the subgroup with symptoms of anxiety and depression the symptoms decreased significantly. This indicates, despite increased anxiety for one group, that DBT-FST is a beneficial intervention and most beneficial for those with the highest anxiety- and depressive symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Nyckeln Competence Center for Pedagogics in Healthcare, Kalmar County Hospital, S-391 85 Kalmar, Sweden; Department of Care Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, SE-205 06 Malmö, Sweden. Electronic address: susanneekdahl@ltkalmar.se.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ekdahl
authors.affiliation: Department of Care Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, SE-205 06 Malmö, Sweden; Department of Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, SE-205 06 Malmö, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Idvall
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Red Cross University College, Box 55676, 102 15 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Kent-Inge
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Perseius
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires