Psychiatry and Psychology

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

A flexible, stage-based therapy that combines principles of behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and MINDFULNESS. It concurrently promotes acceptance and change, especially with difficult-to-treat patients.

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Abstract

A flexible, stage-based therapy that combines principles of behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and MINDFULNESS. It concurrently promotes acceptance and change, especially with difficult-to-treat patients.

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7 entry terms
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
  • Behavior Therapy, Dialectical
  • Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapies
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapies
  • Therapy, Dialectical Behavior
  • Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2019

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  • Behavior Therapy (1998-2018)

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  1. F04.754w.137w.628w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000077252. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000077252
  2. Dialectical Behavior Therapy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_behavior_therapy
  3. Dialectical Behavior Therapy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1208421