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Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adults With Mental Illness: A Review of Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines

About the Course

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is an effective treatment for patients with Bipolar Personality Disorder (BPD) and chronic suicidal behavior. New evidence suggests that DBT skills training reduces problems with emotions and can also be used to treat other mental disorders. This review summarizes evidence regarding the clinical effectiveness for the use of DBT in the treatment of adult patients with mental illness.

This course is based on the article, Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adults with Mental Illness: A Review of Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines created by Kwakye Peprah, PhD, MBA, B.Pharm et al. in 2017.

Publication Date

 CADTH; 2017 Oct. (CADTH rapid response report: summary with critical appraisal). 2017

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Kwakye Peprah, PhD, MBA(Fin), B.Pharm

Kwakye Peprah is a clinical research officer with the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health. He has published multiple articles.

Charlene Argaez

Charlene Argaez works with the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology Health. She has published multiple articles.

Course Creator

Hana Kuc, LMHC, NCC, CASAC

Hana Kuc is a Licensed Mental Heath counselor and a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor who has been working in the field for 13 years. In that time she has worked as a counselor, therapist, educator and director. Hana has specialized in working with clients on medication assisted treatment, who are in recovery from opiates, and are also diagnosed with a mental health disorder.

Recommended For

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Explain rationale for use of DBT in adults with mental illness other than BPD.
  2. Summarize the studies that were included in the review, the specific populations studied, methods, and results.
  3. Discuss the implications and conclusions of the studies reviewed.

Availability

This course is available starting Feb 4th, 2020 and expires Jan 4th, 2027

Disclosure to Learners

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

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Course Number 102701
1.5 CE credit hour
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