Dialectical behavior therapy for the treatment of emotion dysregulation and trauma symptoms in self-injurious and suicidal adolescent females: A pilot program within a community-based child and adolescent mental health service

Geddes, K., Dziurawiec, S. and Lee, C.W. (2015) Dialectical behavior therapy for the treatment of emotion dysregulation and trauma symptoms in self-injurious and suicidal adolescent females: A pilot program within a community-based child and adolescent mental health service. In: Hassan, A., (ed.) Adolescent Mental Health: Connections to the Community. Apple Academic Press, pp. 273-295.

Abstract

A large percentage of adolescents present at community-based mental health clinics following acts of nonsuicidal self-injury, such as cutting or burning, due to significant difficulties with self-regulation of their emotions [1-4]. These adolescents often report using self-injury strategies to

overcome emotional numbing [3], and many experience ongoing suicidal ideation, while some go on to make at least one and often more suicide attempts [3, 5, 6]. Given the nature of their presenting difficulties, many would argue that these adolescents have an “emerging borderline personality structure” [7-10].

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Publisher:	Apple Academic Press
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/65415

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