dialectical behavior therapy

English

Alternative forms

• dialectical behaviour therapy (Commonwealth)
• dialectical behavioral therapy (uncommon)
• dialectical behavioural therapy (Commonwealth, uncommon)

Noun

dialectical behavior therapy (uncountable)

1. (psychology) A psychotherapeutic approach used to treat personality disorders, mood disorders, eating disorders, suicidal ideation, interpersonal conflicts, self-harm, substance abuse and other maladaptive coping strategies, which focuses on synthesizing the importance of self-acceptance with the acceptance of a need to change one's behavior.

   Synonym: DBT

Related terms

• cognitive behavioral therapy

Translations

psychotherapeutic approach

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• Dutch: dialectische gedragstherapie f
• Finnish: dialektinen käyttäytymisterapia
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• German: Dialektisch-Behaviorale Therapie f, dialektische Verhaltenstherapie f
• Hungarian: dialektikus viselkedésterápia
• Polish: terapia dialektyczno-behawioralna f
• Russian: диалекти́ческая поведе́нческая терапи́я f (dialektíčeskaja povedénčeskaja terapíja)
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• Swedish: dialektisk beteendeterapi sg or c
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