About this trial

This is a naturalistic cohort pre-post study investigating aspects of emotional processing and how possible changes in emotional processing is related to the successful treatment of non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal ideation in a program of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. In addition we wish to identify to what extent the intensity and frequency of non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal ideation is related to difficulty in emotion regulation, as indicated by self-report measures and psychophysiological measures.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patients with non-suicidal self-injury and/or suicidal ideation that undergo standard clinical outpatient DBT treatment will be recruited.

Disqualifiers

Lack of informed consent

Lack of informed consent

former or current neurological conditions

severe psychiatric illness

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Psychotherapy
  • Pre-intervention testing

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

1
Haukeland University Hospital, Bjørgvin DPS5009, Bergen Norway

Sponsors and collaborators

Haukeland University Hospital

Lead sponsor

University of Bergen

Collaborator