Internet-delivered dialectical behavioral therapy skills training for suicidal and heavy episodic drinkers: Protocol and preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Wilks, Chelsey ^a   Yin, Qingqing ^a   Ang, Sin Yee ^a   Matsumiya, Brandon ^b   Lungu, Anita ^c   Linehan, Marsha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Lyra Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialectical behavioral therapy; eMental health; Emotion dysregulation; Heavy episodic drinking; Randomized controlled trial; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042730930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.7767     Document Type: Article

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