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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Although externalizing problems are a common reason for psychiatric referrals (Connor et al., 2019), only a minority of youth with these difficulties receive interventions with strong research support (McCart & Sheidow, 2016). However, the moderating role of intervention duration approached but was no longer significant ( p =.057)

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Synthesizing Findings on Cognitive Flexibility and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors

Society of Clinical Psychology

Several interventions for SITB include strategies to improve cognitive flexibility (e.g., At the broadest level, Dr. Kaufman studies prevention and intervention mechanisms for these populations, and strives to understand how social contexts interact with biologically-mediated regulatory processes to eventuate in SII and BPD.

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Clinicians and Clients Disagree: Implications for Evidence-Based Practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

This effort to develop and test interventions that offer demonstrable improvement in Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) has yielded a lengthy list of Empirically Supported Treatments that can inform an EBP ( [link] ). Yet in nearly all of these RCTs, the clients have been carefully diagnosed with a semi-structured interview.

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