DBT Resources

http://www.behavioraltech.com/index.cfm

Behavioral Tech, LLC trains mental health care providers and treatments teams who work with complex and severely disordered populations to use compassionate, scientifically valid treatments and to implement and evaluate these treatments in their practice setting.

http://www.dbtselfhelp.com/

This website is a service for people who are seeking information about DBT.

http://www.priory.com/dbt.htm

An Overview of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder by Barry Kiehn and Michaela Swales

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/borderline-personality-disorder.shtml

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the largest scientific organization in the world dedicated to research focused on the understanding, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of mental health.

http://www.bpdcentral.com/index.php

Borderline Personality Disorder Information and Support.

http://www.nami.org/

NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families.

http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=8140&cn=91

The Mental Help Net website exists to promote mental health and wellness education and advocacy.

Books

Linehan, M. M. (1993a). Cognitive Behavioural Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. The Guilford Press, New York and London.

Linehan, M. M. (1993b). Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder. The Guilford Press, New York and London.

Yudovsky, S. C. (2005). Fatal Flaws: An Introduction to Disorder of Personality and Character. American Psychiatric Press, Inc.

Articles

Brassington, J., & Krawitz, R. (2006). Australasian dialectical behaviour therapy pilot outcome study: Effectiveness, utility and feasibility. Australasian Psychiatry, 14(3), 313-319.

Chapman, A. L. (2006). Dialectical behavior therapy: Current indications and unique elements. Psychiatry, 3(9), 62-68.

Feigenbaum, J. (2007). Dialectical behaviour therapy: An increasing evidence base. Journal of Mental Health.Special Issue: Developing New Treatments of Personality Disorder, 16(1), 51-68.

Harley, R. M., Baity, M. R., Blais, M. A., & Jacobo, M. C. (2007). Use of dialectical behavior therapy skills training for borderline personality disorder in a naturalistic setting. Psychotherapy Research, 17(3), 362-370.

Harned, M. S., Banawan, S. F., & Lynch, T. R. (2006). Dialectical behavior therapy: An emotion-focused treatment for borderline personality disorder. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 36(2), 67-75.

Holmes, P., Georgescu, S., & Liles, W. (2005). Further delineating the applicability of acceptance and change to private responses: The example of dialectical behavior therapy. The Behavior Analyst Today, 7(3), 301-311.

Kröger, C., Schweiger, U., Sipos, V., Arnold, R., Kahl, K. G., Schunert, T., et al. (2006). Effectiveness of dialectical behaviour therapy for borderline personality disorder in an inpatient setting. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44(8), 1211-1217.

Linehan, M. M., Armstrong, H. E., Suarez, A., Allmon, D., & Heard, H. L. (1991). Cognitive-behavioural treatment of chronically parasuicidal borderline patients. Archives of General Psychiatry, 48, 1060-1064.

Linehan, M. M., & Dimeff, L. (2001). Dialectical behavior therapy in a nutshell. The California Psychologist, 34, 10-13.

Prendergast, N., & McCausland, J. (2007). Dialectic behaviour therapy: A 12-month collaborative program in a local community setting. Behaviour Change, 24(1), 25-35.

Salsman, N. L., & Linehan, M. M. (2006). Dialectical-behavioral therapy for borderline personality disorder. Primary Psychiatry, 13(5), 51-58.

Schnell, K., & Herpertz, S. C. (2007). Effects of dialectic-behavioral-therapy on the neural correlates of affective hyperarousal in borderline personality disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 41(10), 837-847.