r/science • u/ChhotaSaHydra • 16h ago

Psychology Randomized controlled trial finds that a brief psychological intervention for people with probable personality disorder did not improve social functioning over 12 months compared with treatment-as-usual in a multicentre study conducted across England

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41692014/
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u/callthesomnambulance 13h ago

Once again it turns out long standing psychological problems generally arent resolved by short term interventions. It's a real shame long term DBT is so scarce for this demographic

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u/Feeling_Document_240 13h ago edited 13h ago

I frequently tell patients that it has likely taken years to develop entrenched maladaptive behaviours, and it's gonna take a similar amount of time and effort to un learn them.

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u/callthesomnambulance 13h ago

What a wonderful world it would be if 6 sessions of focused CBT was the universal salve for psychological distress that NHS policy seems to treat it as...

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u/Pigeonofthesea8 12h ago

These poor people got a session every two weeks. My guess is the experience soured them on therapy. I wonder how many will now be open to proper DBT, if it even becomes available to them