A systematic review on the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy for improving mood symptoms in bipolar disorders

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

Review

Ofer Finkelstein¹  Mikaela K. Dimick¹  Mary E. Kittur¹  Madeha Umer¹  Benoit H. Mulsant²  Brett D. M. Jones²  Benjamin I. Goldstein²  Muhammad I. Husain²  Siqi Xue²  Abigail Ortiz² 

[1]Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada

[2]Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

[3]Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada

关键词: Bipolar disorder;    DBT;    Psychotherapy;    Depression;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40345-023-00288-6

 received in 2022-10-25, accepted in 2023-01-25,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundEvidence-based psychotherapies available to treat patients with bipolar disorders (BD) are limited. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) may target several common symptoms of BD. We conducted a systematic review on the efficacy of DBT for mood symptoms in patients with BD. The systematic search used key words related to DBT and BD in Medline, Embase, PsycInfo, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library databases from 1980 to April 1st, 2022. We included studies that enrolled patients with a BD I or II diagnosis (DSM or ICD), age 12 and older who received a DBT-based intervention. Studies reviewed were clinical trials including observational studies that reported at least one outcome related to BD mood symptoms or severity. We did not exclude based upon psychiatric or physical co-morbidity.ResultsWe screened 848 abstracts and reviewed 28 full texts; 10 publications with 11 studies met our pre-determined eligibility criteria. All but one were feasibility pilot studies and most included participants in all mood states except for mania. The studies provided preliminary evidence suggesting these interventions may be effective for improving several core symptoms of BD. Overall, all the studies consistently supported that DBT-based interventions are feasible and acceptable for patients with BD.ConclusionDBT may be an effective treatment for BD; however, the confidence in this conclusion is limited by the small sample sizes, heterogeneity, and high risk of bias in all published trials. Larger well-designed RCTs are now required to establish the effectiveness of DBT in BD.

【 授权许可】

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