Implementing DBT in Short-Term SUD-treatment

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Conditions studied: Substance Abuse Disorder, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotion Management Skills

In brief

The main objective of the study is to provide new knowledge about the implementation of DBT-informed environmental therapy in short-term substance use disorder (SUD) inpatient treatment. The study will examine which organizational and clinical conditions promote or inhibit implementation in clinical practice by elucidating how the implementation is experienced by staff (including experiences with structure, skill focus and environmental therapeutic principles) related to DBT-informed environmental therapy, DBT-SUD skill groups and patients' perceived satisfaction and utility. A secondary and exploratory aim is to examine preliminary trends in clinical measures in patients over time, including changes in symptom burden and reported use of DBT skills throughout the course of treatment. The study further seeks, at a descriptive and hypothesis-generating level, to explore patterns in patient-reported conditions related to substance abuse, emotion regulation, and other clinical burden. The sample will consist of up to 70 adult patients and 12 staff. One half of the patients will receive ordinary short-term inpatient treatment, while the other half will receive DBT informs milieu therapy after the approach has been established in clinical practice without being implemented. All patients will complete questionnaires upon admission (baseline), week 6 and upon discharge (week 12).

Key facts

Study ID: NCT07693439
Run by: Helse Møre og Romsdal HF
People needed: 82
Starts: 2026-07-01
Expected to finish: 2027-04-30
Last updated by the study team: 2026-07-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Adults aged 18 years or older. Admitted to the participating short-term inpatient substance use disorder treatment unit during the study period.
Able and willing to provide written informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

Unable to understand study information. Unable to provide informed consent. Severe cognitive impairment or other conditions preventing meaningful participation in study procedures.

Where it is running

Helse Møre og Romsdal HF — Ålesund, More and Romsdal, Norway

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