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  1. Which theorist developed Dialectical Behavior Therapy?

    Answer: Marsha Linehan

    Marsha Linehan developed DBT in the late 1980s originally to treat chronically suicidal individuals with borderline personality disorder.

  2. What is the primary population DBT was originally developed to treat?

    Answer: Chronically suicidal individuals with borderline personality disorder

    DBT was originally developed for chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD).

  3. Which of the following is NOT one of the four standard modes of DBT treatment?

    Answer: Inpatient hospitalization

    The four modes of standard DBT are individual therapy, skills training group, phone coaching, and therapist consultation team.

  4. What does the 'dialectical' in Dialectical Behavior Therapy refer to?

    Answer: The synthesis of opposing viewpoints, particularly acceptance and change

    The dialectical philosophy in DBT refers to balancing and synthesizing opposing forces, most centrally the acceptance of the client as they are while simultaneously pushing for change.

  5. What is the biosocial theory in DBT?

    Answer: A model explaining BPD as resulting from biological emotional sensitivity combined with an invalidating environment

    The biosocial theory posits that BPD and emotional dysregulation develop when biological emotional sensitivity interacts with a pervasively invalidating environment.

  6. Which stage of DBT treatment focuses on reducing life-threatening behaviors?

    Answer: Stage 1

    Stage 1 of DBT focuses on achieving basic safety and behavioral control, including reducing life-threatening and therapy-interfering behaviors.

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