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The 16 pages that link to Dialectical behavior therapy, each with the reason it gives.

• Cognitive behavioral therapyCompared with: It grew from CBT but gives explicit emphasis to acceptance and emotion-regulation skills.

• PsychotherapyBroader topic: It adapts psychotherapy for recurrent self-harm and difficulties regulating intense emotions.

• MindfulnessRelated: Mindfulness is one of its core skills modules.

• Emotion regulationRelated: Emotion regulation is one of its core skills-training areas.

• SuicideRelated: It is used to reduce suicidal and self-harming behavior in some clinical populations.

• DialecticRelated: Its name reflects a therapeutic balance between acceptance and change, adapted from dialectical ideas.

• Suicidal ideationRelated: It addresses suicidal behavior and emotion dysregulation, especially in borderline personality disorder.

• Borderline personality disorderRelated: It was developed for people with chronic suicidality and borderline personality disorder.

• Mindfulness-based stress reductionCompared with: DBT teaches mindfulness as one component of a comprehensive treatment for emotional dysregulation.

• Personality disorderBroader topic: It is a well-studied treatment for borderline personality disorder and related difficulties.

• Group psychotherapyRelated: Its skills-training groups teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.

• Impulse control disorderRelated: Its regulation and distress-tolerance skills can help manage urges without acting on them.

• Self-harmRelated: Its skills for distress tolerance and emotion regulation are used to address recurrent self-harm.

• Narcissistic personality disorderRelated: Its skills may address emotion and relationship difficulties, though it is not a disorder-specific treatment.

• Psychodynamic psychotherapyCompared with: Its explicit skills curriculum contrasts with the more exploratory emphasis of psychodynamic treatment.

• Marsha M. LinehanBroader topic: Linehan developed this treatment and built her career around its research and dissemination.