Mindfulness
Suicidality
DBT
Clinical Expertise
100

Being present in the moment without judgement 

Mindfulness

100

Within the first 3 months following hospitalization.

Suicide rates increase 

100

Yes and

Dialectics 

100

Expertise 

Reliable achievement of the highest level of performance in a particular domain.

200

Observe, Describe, Participate

THE WHAT SKILLS

200

15-34 year olds

Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death.

200

DBT was created to treat a disorder characterized by a pervasive inability to regulate emotions and control behaviors linked to emotions.

Borderline Personality Disorder

200

Experience ≠ Expertise   

People and whole professions often stop improving even when improvement is possible

300

The How Skills

Non-judgmental stance. One mindfully. Effectivly. 

300

Contagious 

 Suicide attempts, completed suicides, and NSSI

300

5 Functions of Comprehensive DBT Treatment 

Enhance capabilities, improve motivational factors, assure generalization to the natural environment, enhance therapist capabilities, and motivation to treat effectively.

300

Amateurs stop improving, and future experts continue to improve.

Amateure Plateau 

400

THE THREE MIND STATES

Reasonable mind, Emotional mind, Wise mind

400

It helps to stop emotional pain.

Non-suicidal self-injury.

400

Deliberate practice and informative feedback

Becoming a super therapist

500

Feelings are not facts. Emotion Mind to Wise Mind. Increase capacity for Radical Acceptance.

Why we teach mindfulness.

500

33,257

Estimate of suicidal people who did not receive treatment. 

500

Dx Criteria Reorganized

Emotional dysregulation, interpersonal dysregulation, behavioral dysregulation, cognitive dysregulation, and self-dysfunction.

500

An immediate indication of whether performance is effective or ineffective.

Informative feedback