Clinical outcomes for sexual and gender minority adolescents in a dialectical behaviour therapy programme.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sexuality and gender minoritised (SGM) adolescents are at increased risk of self-injury and suicide, and experience barriers to accessing mental health support. Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is an effective treatment for self-injury and emotion dysregulation in adolescent populations, but few studies have published outcomes of DBT for SGM young people.

Aims

This study aimed to investigate treatment outcomes and completion for SGM adolescents and their cisgender and heterosexual peers, in the National & Specialist CAMHS, DBT service (UK).

Method

Treatment completion, and opting out before and during treatment were examined for sexual and gender identity groups, as well as changes by the end of treatment in emotion dysregulation, self-injury, in-patient

SUBMITTER: Camp J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7616180 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature