DMEMEDS shared post via Chicago Tribune: Behavioral therapy helps keep everything in balance

Dialectical behavioral therapy expands beyond borderline personality disorder to treat other mental health issuesLisa Dietz landed in the hospital for the 13th time after her latest suicide attempt. Diagnosed with borderline personality disorder — a mental illness marked by unstable behavior and moods — Dietz, a part-time fiber artist, was desperate for something that could stabilize her mind. She had been doing standard forms of talk therapy for the past 12 or 13 years, when she tried dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). [By Author: By Danielle Braff, Special to Tribune Newspapers] http://chicagotribune.feedsportal.com/c/34253/f/622900/s/3b0a49e7/sc/14/l/0L0Schicagotribune0N0Chealth0Csc0Ehealth0E0A5280Emental0Ehealth0Edbt0E20A140A5290H0A0H26972650Bstory0Dtrack0Frss/story01.htm

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