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Predicting dropout in outpatient dialectical behavior therapy with patients with borderline personality disorder receiving psychiatric disability

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Landes, Sara J., Chalker, Samantha A., Comtois, Katherine Anne·2016·Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation

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BACKGROUND: Rates of treatment dropout in outpatient Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in the community can be as high as 24 % to 58 %, making dropout a great concern. The primary purpose of this article was to examine predictors of dropout from DBT in a community mental health setting. METHODS: Participants were 56 consumers with borderline personality disorder (BPD) who were psychiatrically disabled participating in a larger feasibility trial of Dialectical Behavior Therapy- Accepting the Challenges of Exiting the System. The following variables were examined to see whether they predicted dropout in DBT: age, education level, baseline level of distress, baseline level of non-acceptance of emotional responses, and skills module in which a consumer started DBT skills group. These variables were chosen based on known predictors of dropout in consumers with BPD and in DBT, as well as an interest in what naturally occurring variables might impact dropout. RESULTS: The dropout rate in this sample was 51.8 %. Results of the logistic regression show that younger age, higher levels of baseline distress, and a higher level of baseline non-acceptance of emotional responses were significantly associated with dropout. The DBT skills module in which an individual started group did not predict dropout. CONCLUSIONS: The implications of these findings are that knowledge of consumer age and pretreatment levels of distress and non-acceptance of emotional responses can impact providers' choice of commitment and treatment strategies to reduce dropout. Future research should examine these strategies, as well as the impact of predictor variables on outcome and reasons for dropout.

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Authors
Landes, S. J., Chalker, S. A., & Comtois, K. A.
Affiliations
University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
Landes, Sara J.
Venue
Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation
Published
2016-09-01
Volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
9-9
ISSN
2051-6673 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2503727958
Cited by
48
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 3
FWCI
6.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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cc-by
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  • Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (5R34MH079923-02, 1F32MH084788-01A1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
treatment discontinuation, dialectical behavior therapy, borderline personality disorder, psychiatric disability, community mental health services, predictors of dropout, age, outpatient psychotherapy

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