Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is one of the few therapies with empirical evidence to support its efficacy. Listed below are some of the findings to date, and information about research currently in progress.

The Emotion Management Program, LLC is also actively involved in research related to DBT. Published results are not yet available. However, we will post our results here when they become available in published form.

Published results

Dimeff, F., Koerner, K., & Linehan, M. M. (2002).  Research on Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Summary of Data To Date

Duke University Medical Center (2004). Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT-D) for Treatment of the Multi- Problem Elderly Depressed Patient

Koerner, K. & Linehan, M. Research on dialectical behavior therapy for patients with borderline personality disorder.Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2000 Mar;23(1):151-67. , on PubMed.

Murphy, E. T., & Gunderson, J. (January 1999). Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Promising Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder. McLean Hospital Psychiatric Update, Vol. 1(3). Massachusetts: Harvard Medical School.

Robins, C., & Chapman, A. L. (2004) Dialectical behavior therapy: Current status, recent developments, future directions. Journal of Personality Disorders 18(1), 73-89, The Guilford Press.

In Progress

Endowment for the Enhancement of Psychotherapy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School: Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder

Mental Health Clinical Research Center for Depression in Late Life , Duke University Medical Center: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT-D) for Treatment of the Multi-Problem Elderly Depressed Patient