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Do Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Based Interventions Decrease Adolescent Externalizing Symptoms? A Meta-Analysis

Society of Clinical Psychology

We evaluated evidence as to whether interventions based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a well-studied intervention designed to reduce destructive behavior by enhancing ability to regulate emotions, may reduce externalizing symptoms among adolescents. Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for adolescents with disruptive behavior.

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Clinicians and Clients Disagree: Implications for Evidence-Based Practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

In other words, how similar are the individuals diagnosed with a given disorder in clinical practice to those who are diagnosed in research settings? eating disorders showed strong agreement), the overall conclusion was that the correspondence between research and practice diagnoses was strikingly low for most disorders.

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