Implementation of brief dialectical behavior therapy skills training among borderline personality disorder patients in Malaysia: feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Aim/background

Even though dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has received substantial empirical support in treating patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD), fewer studies have evaluated whether a brief DBT skills group may be effective in improving clinical outcomes in this population. Further, less is known regarding the feasibility and outcomes of DBT beyond Euro-American contexts. This paper describes outcomes from a pilot study examining the feasibility, acceptability, and clinical outcomes following completion of a shortened, 14-week DBT skills group in a sample of Muslim-majority BPD patients in Malaysia.

Methods

Twenty patients were recruited from a public hospital and attended DBT skills groups in an outpatient clinic. Participants completed measures ass

SUBMITTER: Keng SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8489091 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature