DBT Links
Behavioral Tech's 'What is DBT" pageThe Linehan Institute An organisation established by Dr Linehan to advance leading edge behavioural technologies to make compassionate and effective treatments available to all persons with complex and severe mental disorders. DBT Training Australia is an international affiliate of the Linehan Institute.
Behavioral Tech, LLC The Seattle based training company established by Dr Linehan to provide training in DBT and related treatments.
- Behavioral Tech's Summary of the core evidence for DBT
- Behavioral Tech's updates of research evidence for DBT
- Behavioral Tech's Summary of DBT evidence
- Behavioral Tech's Mindfulness resources
- Behavioral Tech's Tools for Clinicians
- Behavioral Tech's Annotated Assessment Bibliography
The Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics (BRTC) of the University of Washington is a clinical research centre focusing primarily on the development and evaluation of psychotherapies for individuals with severe and chronic personality disorders. BRTC has been associated with the development of DBT in association with Dr. Marsha M. Linehan.
- BRTC's Assessment Instruments Page
- Linehan Risk Assessment & Management Protocol (LRAMP)
- Borderline Symptom List (BSL-23) and Scoring instructions
- DBT-WCCL Scale (Ways of coping) and Scoring instructions
The Linehan Board of Certification is the non-profit organization that developed the DBT certification process approved by the treatment developer, Dr. Marsha Linehan. Certification and accreditation is now becoming established in the United States as a way of ensuring the quality of DBT providers. You may want to read up on this rising development.
Adherence & Fidelity Website A free, pragmatic measure to evaluate if the DBT treatment being delivered is done so in accordance with the evidence-based model. This is the only validated, publically available method of determining in DBT is being delivered adherently. You can access copies of the scale and supporting documents as developed by Dr Harned and her colleagues.
Other
- Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) (Gratz, K.L. and Roemer, L., 2004) (.doc)
- The DBT-RU youtube channel offers cartoon vignettes of DBT skills in videos of 5 minutes or less, in multiple languages. (youtube links)
- Now Matters Now is a website offering brief videos with stories and descriptions of Mindfulness, Mindfulness of Current Emotion, Opposite Action and Paced-breathing.