Staying in the here‐and‐now: A pilot study on the use of dialectical behaviour therapy group skills training for forensic clients with intellectual disability

Abstract

The study result showed improvement across all measures. A decrease in the level of risks, increase in relative strengths and general improvement in overall functioning were found significant. The results were promising particularly as a stand-alone adapted DBT group skills training programme for this client group.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy [DBT] with People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review and Narrative Analysis

“…) and two within forensic secure services (Sakdalan et al . ; Sakdalan & Collier ). The authors of all three papers stated that their programmes were based on Linehan ().…”

Treating Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors With Adapted Dialectical Behavior Therapy

“…Verhoeven (2010) published a case study that integrated DBT and the treatment of an individual with IDD and sexual offending issues. Sakdalan, Shaw and Collier (2010) completed a pilot study with a forensic sample of nine individuals with IDD and improvements across all measures were noted. This study seeks to expand the emerging evidence for DBT with this population by conducting a pilot study with a larger sample and more rigorous measurement of CBs to explore clinical significance.…”

Comorbid Conditions in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

“…As evidence for CBT interventions, both individual and group-wise, grows, it is also important to investigate whether and how other interventions that have a good deal of practice-based evidence to recommend them, such as cognitive analytic therapy (Lloyd and Clayton 2013) and dialectical behaviour therapy (Lew 2011, Sakdalan et al 2010, can be of use.…”