A Pilot Study of the DBT Coach: An Interactive Mobile Phone Application for Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorder
Abstract: Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has received strong empirical support and is practiced widely as a treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD) and BPD with comorbid substance use disorders (BPD-SUD). Therapeutic success in DBT requires that individuals generalize newly acquired...
| Publicado en: | Behavior Therapy Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 589 - 601 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Dec2011
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=66947356&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 66947356 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00057894 BTH jtl: Behavior Therapy issn: 00057894 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2011 vid: 42 iid: 4 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 66947356 10.1016/j.beth.2011.01.003 ppf: 589 ppct: 12 formats: tig: atl: A Pilot Study of the DBT Coach: An Interactive Mobile Phone Application for Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorder aug: au: Rizvi, Shireen L. Dimeff, Linda A. Skutch, Julie Carroll, David Linehan, Marsha M. affil: Rutgers University BTECH Research, Inc. University of Washington Parsons, The New School for Design su: Treatment of borderline personality disorder Substance abuse treatment Pilot projects Dialectical behavior therapy Smartphones Application software sug: subj: Treatment of borderline personality disorder Substance abuse treatment Software publishers (except video game publishers) Custom Computer Programming Services Software Publishers Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals Pilot projects Dialectical behavior therapy Smartphones Application software ab: Abstract: Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has received strong empirical support and is practiced widely as a treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD) and BPD with comorbid substance use disorders (BPD-SUD). Therapeutic success in DBT requires that individuals generalize newly acquired skills to their natural environment. However, there have been only a limited number of options available to achieve this end. The primary goal of this research was to develop and test the feasibility of the DBT Coach, a software application for a smartphone, designed specifically to enhance generalization of a specific DBT skill (opposite action) among individuals with BPD-SUD. We conducted a quasiexperimental study in which 22 individuals who were enrolled in DBT treatment programs received a smartphone with the DBT Coach for 10 to 14days and were instructed to use it as needed. Participants used the DBT Coach an average of nearly 15 times and gave high ratings of helpfulness and usability. Results indicate that both emotion intensity and urges to use substances significantly decreased within each coaching session. Furthermore, over the trial period, participants reported a decrease in depression and general distress. Mobile technology offering in vivo skills coaching may be a useful tool for reducing urges to use substances and engage in other maladaptive behavior by directly teaching and coaching in alternative, adaptive coping behavior. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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