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Demystifying DBT with adolescents
Author(s) -
Zervas Natalie
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30001
Subject(s) - sword , mental health , variety (cybernetics) , psychology , health care , psychiatry , nursing , medicine , psychotherapist , political science , computer science , artificial intelligence , law , operating system
One of the benefits of working in the mental health field today is that the availability of evidence‐based treatments has greatly increased in recent years. This increase can be a double‐edged sword, however. With this greater variety of effective treatments comes the need for increased training on the part of providers and increased understanding of the treatments by consumers. This understanding can be particularly difficult to achieve in the treatment of less studied mental health problems faced by our children and adolescents. Non‐suicidal self‐injury (NSSI) and suicidality are examples of such problems. Seen with growing frequency by schools, families, pediatricians, and mental health care providers, detailed information about effective treatments for these presenting problems has not been adequately disseminated to either the professional community treating these youth or the families who love and care for them.