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Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review Assessing the Efficacy of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
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Panos, Patrick T.; Jackson, John W.; Hasan, Omar; Panos, Angelea – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Objective: The objective was to quantitatively and qualitatively examine the efficacy of DBT (e.g., decreasing life-threatening suicidal and parasuicidal acts, attrition, and depression) explicitly with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and using conservative assumptions and criteria, across treatment providers and settings. Method: Five…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Behavior Modification, Literature Reviews, Personality Problems
Treating Obesity: Clinical Implications of Comorbid Borderline Personality Disorder.
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Sansone, Randy A.; Wiederman, Michael W.; Sansone, Lori A. – Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 1999
Reviews possible links between obesity and borderline-personality disorder and discusses treatment approaches for those individuals demonstrating such comorbidity. Approaches include modification of current techniques for obesity treatment and incorporation of psychodynamic counseling specific to borderline-personality disorder. (Author/GCP)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Counseling Techniques, Dietetics, Exercise
Prospects for Future Comparisons between Drugs and Psychotherapy: Lessons from the CBT-versus-Pharmacotherapy Exchange.
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Jacobson, Neil S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Comments on the exchange between N. S. Jacobson and S. D. Hollon, I. Elkin, R. D. Gibbons, M. T. Shea and B. F. Shaw, and R. J. McNally highlight issues of continuing controversy in the comparison of drugs versus psychotherapeutic interventions. Discusses the best way to control for things such as the allegiance effect and the role of pill…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Depression (Psychology), Drug Therapy
Cognitive-Behavior Therapy versus Pharmacotherapy: Now That the Jury's Returned Its Verdict, It's Time to Present the Rest of the Evidence.
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Jacobson, Neil S.; Hollon, Steven D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Analysis suggests pharmacotherapy is superior to cognitive-behavior therapy in the treatment of severely depressed outpatients in the National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program (TDCRP). This finding is neither robust across TDCRP sites nor consistent with findings from other studies. Argues that…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling
Science Is Not a Trial (But It Can Sometimes Be a Tribulation).
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Elkin, Irene; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Addresses a few of the most important issues raised by N. S. Jacobson and S. D. Hollon and by D. F. Klein about the findings of the National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program (TDCRP). Presents conclusions regarding these issues. Makes recommendations for new areas of investigation using the TDCRP…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling
Research Findings in the Behavioral Treatment of Children.
Clement, Paul W.; And Others – 1986
This paper is a meta review of review articles on child behavior therapy published in major behavioral journals from 1981 through June 1986. Child behavior therapy is described as a treatment which emphasizes operationally defined interventions, objective measures of outcome, the experimental analysis of behavior, and an idiographic approach.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Change Agents, Children
Reflections on Psychological Theorizing About the Etiology of Depression.
Blaney, Paul H. – 1980
Although consensus on the meaning of depression exists, theories vary widely regarding its source. Depression is essentially an affective disorder; however, because the assessment of sadness is difficult, most psychological theories of depression have focused on some nonaffective component of depression, such as activity level, cognitive…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Processes