Background Psychological treatments occupy an important place in evidence-based mental
health treatments. Now is an exciting time to fuel treatment research: a pressing demand for …

Background Over the decades, a variety of psychological interventions for borderline
personality disorder (BPD) have been developed. This review updates and replaces an …

This paper reports on three studies on the development and validation of the Parental
Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ), a brief, multidimensional self-report measure …

Background Self‐harm (SH; intentional self‐poisoning or self‐injury regardless of degree of
suicidal intent or other types of motivation) is a growing problem in most countries, often …

Abstract Purpose of Review Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a common mental health threat
among adolescents. This review aims to present the current literature on epidemiology …

Mentalizing-the ability to understand oneself and others by inferring mental states that lie
behind overt behaviour-develops within the context of attachment relationships. It is crucial …

The causes of suicidal behaviour are not fully understood; however, this behaviour clearly
results from the complex interaction of many factors. Although many risk factors have been …

Objective We examined whether a shortened form of dialectical behavior therapy, dialectical
behavior therapy for adolescents (DBT-A) is more effective than enhanced usual care (EUC) …

Objective Suicidal behavior and self-harm are common in adolescents and are associated
with elevated psychopathology, risk of suicide, and demand for clinical services. Despite …

Few clinical scientists would disagree that more research is needed on the underlying
mechanisms and processes of change in psychological therapies. In the dominant current …