Treatment of suicidal and deliberate self-harming patients with borderline personality disorder using dialectical behavioral therapy: the patients’ and the therapists’ perceptions

The aim was to investigate patients and therapists perception of receiving and giving dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). Ten deliberate self-harm patients with borderline personality disorder and four DBT-therapists were interviewed. The interviews were analyzed with qualitative content analysis....

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Published in:Archives of psychiatric nursing 2003, Vol.17 (5), p.218-227
Main Authors: Perseius, Kent-Inge, Öjehagen, Agneta, Ekdahl, Susanne, Åsberg, Marie, Samuelsson, Mats
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitude to Health
Behavior Therapy - methods
Borderline Personality Disorder - therapy
Caring sciences
Clinical Medicine
dialectical behavioral therapy
Female
Humans
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS
Klinisk medicin
Medical and Health Sciences
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Middle Aged
Nursing
Professional-Patient Relations
Psychiatry
Psykiatri
Self-Injurious Behavior - therapy
Social Perception
Suicide, Attempted - prevention & control
TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN
Vårdvetenskap
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Summary:The aim was to investigate patients and therapists perception of receiving and giving dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). Ten deliberate self-harm patients with borderline personality disorder and four DBT-therapists were interviewed. The interviews were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. The patients unanimously regard the DBT-therapy as life saving and something that has given them a bearable life situation. The patients and the therapists are concordant on the effective components of the therapy: The understanding, respect, and confirmation in combination with the cognitive and behavioral skills. The experienced effectiveness of DBT is contrasted by the patient’s pronouncedly negative experiences from psychiatric care before entering DBT.
ISSN:0883-9417
1532-8228
1532-8228
DOI:10.1016/S0883-9417(03)00093-1