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Treating PTSD in suicidal and self-injuring women with borderline personality disorder: Development and preliminary evaluation of a Dialectical Behavior Therapy Prolonged Exposure Protocol

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Harned, Melanie S., Korslund, Kathryn E., Foa, Edna B., Linehan, Marsha M.·2012·Behaviour Research and Therapy

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This study focused on the development and pilot testing of a protocol based on Prolonged Exposure (PE) that can be added to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to treat PTSD in suicidal and self-injuring individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Women with BPD, PTSD, and recent and/or imminent serious intentional self-injury (n = 13) received one year of DBT with the DBT PE Protocol, plus three months of follow-up assessment. The treatment was associated with significant reductions in PTSD, with the majority of patients no longer meeting criteria for PTSD at post-treatment (71.4% of DBT PE Protocol completers, 60.0% of the intent-to-treat sample). A minority of patients (27.3%) engaged in intentional self-injury during the study. Improvements were also found for suicidal ideation, dissociation, trauma-related guilt cognitions, shame, anxiety, depression, and social adjustment. There was no evidence that the DBT PE Protocol led to exacerbations of intentional self-injury urges or behaviors, PTSD, treatment dropout, or crisis service use. Overall, the results indicate that this integrated BPD and PTSD treatment is feasible to implement within one year of treatment, highly acceptable to patients and therapists, safe to administer, and shows promise as an effective intervention for PTSD in this complex and high-risk patient population.

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Authors
Harned, M. S., Korslund, K. E., Foa, E. B., & Linehan, M. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Washington (US)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
Corresponding author
Harned, Melanie S.
Venue
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-06
Volume
50
Issue
6
Pages
381-386
ISSN
0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1974641794
Cited by
288
References
43
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FWCI
22.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R34MH082143)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Keywords
post-traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, suicidal ideation, self-harm, dialectical behavior therapy, prolonged exposure, integrated treatment, women, trauma-related guilt, dissociation, treatment acceptability, treatment safety
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Behavior Therapy, Borderline Personality Disorder, Feasibility Studies, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Pilot Projects, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Suicide, Attempted, Self-Injurious Behavior, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Patient Preference, Suicidal Ideation

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