ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention

Examining the Role of Emotion Regulation Gains within a DBT Program for Adolescent Females with Borderline Personality Disorder

Virtual

Oral · Clinical Science

Despite the known effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), mechanisms of change are not fully understood. This study investigated the role of emotion regulation in the reduction of BPD and depressive symptoms in female adolescents with BPD during a 1-month residential DBT program.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Brooke DuarteSpeaker
    Suffolk University
  • Luciana PayneDiscussant
    Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry
  • Cynthia KaplanDiscussant
    Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry
  • Alan FruzzettiDiscussant
    Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry
  • Auerbach RandyDiscussant
    Columbia University