A Peer-Clinician Approach to the Delivery of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Targeted to Young Adults in a Community Mental Health Setting
Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
7 September 2020
Abstract
Stella’s Place created an adapted DBT program, delivered through an integrated peer-clinician approach, to treat young adults with mental health difficulties in a community mental health setting. Evaluation findings revealed significant improvements in participants’ use of coping skills, resiliency, and self-efficacy following their participation in the program.
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Stella’s Place a développé une adaptation de la thérapie comportementale dialectique (TCD) offerte à travers une approche reposant sur le soutien par les pairs, visant à traiter des jeunes adultes aux prises avec des problèmes de santé mentale, et ce, dans un contexte de santé mentale communautaire. Une évaluation a révélé des améliorations significatives quant à la capacité d’adaptation, la résilience et l’autoefficacité des participants après avoir suivi le programme.
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Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 39 • Number 2 • July 2020
Pages: 65 - 69
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Claudie Coulombe, Stephanie Rattelade, Miriam McLaughlin, and John Choi. 2020. A Peer-Clinician Approach to the Delivery of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Targeted to Young Adults in a Community Mental Health Setting. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
39(2): 65-69. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2020-013
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