Personality Disorders and DBT Treatment
Not what you're looking for?
DBT is a relatively new therapy, used often in treating personality disorders like BPD.
Please describe DBT? What are the therapy's elements, goals, etc.? What forms of treatment or modalities are used in DBT?
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary
A discussion on how DBT helps treat personality disorders is examined.
Solution Preview
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a treatment approach designed for individuals with major emotional problems. Usually, those individuals are not able to cope with life situations or with other individuals around them due to their lack of healthy coping mechanisms. Oftentimes, these emotions are either expressed in unhealthy ways-depression, angry outbursts, or are avoided altogether by the individual-drug use, suicide attempts.
The goal of DBT is to teach clients better coping skills that ...
Education
- BA, Brooklyn College
- MBA/HCM, Phoenix University
Recent Feedback
- "Thank you!"
- "Thank you!"
- "Thank you!"
- "Thank you!"
- "Thank you!!"
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Brain and behaviour
Reviews areas of the brain involved in specific behaviours. This information is important for introductory psychology courses.
Developmental Psychology
This quiz explores the concepts, theories and key terminology associated with human psychological development.
How can you tell if your loved one is suicidal?
This is a small quiz to help determine if a loved one is suicidal and what steps should be taken to help stop suicide.
Psychoanalysis and Sigmund Freud
This quiz explores the personality theory of psychoanalysis, in particular reference to how Freud conceptualized of this theory.
Abnormal Psychology
This quiz will explore the faucets of abnormal psychology, from the question of what is abnormal, to the intricacies of DSM diagnosable disorders.