Enhanced Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents

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Conditions studied: Suicidality

In brief

Suicide is a leading cause of death and significant concerns for adolescents and young adults. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) is an evidence-based intervention that effectively reduces life-threatening behaviors. Limited research examines the impact of adding individualized skills coaching sessions (ISCS) to the DBT-A model, a novel intervention referred to in this paper as "Enhanced DBT-A". This study evaluates the effectiveness of Enhanced DBT-A in reducing suicidality over 1 year of treatment in an outpatient and intensive outpatient setting.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07256496

Run by

Compass Behavioral Health

People needed

47

Starts

2014-10-17

Expected to finish

2022-08-26

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-01

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 25. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• appropriateness for Stage 1 DBT, completion of all assessments within the designated timeframe, a non-zero score on the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) at intake, and participation in at least one ISCS between intake and 1 year from the first individual therapy session.

You may not qualify if…

• presenting with active psychosis, a primary diagnosis of substance use, who did not consent to data collection, or who had a zero score on the C-SSRS at intake

Where it is running

• Compass Behavioral Health — Tustin, California, United States

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