Effectiveness of Dialectical behavior therapy on suicide behavior in suicidal adolescent with Borderline personality syndrome

 Different treatments have tried different ways to improve and treat borderline personality disorder and its syndrome. Meanwhile, the most effective way have reported dialectic behavior therapy. The aim was determination of effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on suicide behavior in suicidal adolescent with borderline personality syndrome. This syudy used a two group pre-test, post test with follow-up quasi–experimental design. The statistical population was all girls aged 15-18 years old in kara, among them 24 girls selected using available sampling that psychiatrist had distinguished that they suffered from Borderline personality syndrome and had at least one suicide attempt in 16 weeks ago. They were placed in experimental and control groups randomly. also Condition of exit from this research we suffering of psychotic disorder, conduct disorder, attention deficit hyper activity disorder and legal problems. The experimental group recived 16 sessions skill training and 16 sessions dialectical behavior therapy adapted for Adolescent and the same time control group didn’t receive any kinds of psychotherapy. Instrument of research was Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Scale, that is made by Arentz & et al at 2003 and participants responded it in pre-test, post-post-test and follow-up. Analysis of mixed variance showed that decrese of means scores in post- test and follow-up have been significant at Dialectical behavior therapy group compare with control group (p≤0/001). Dialectical behavior therapy adapted for adolescents can reduce suicide behavior in suicidal adolescents with borderline personality syndrome and this result can be stable during the time.