DBT Skills Training Manual
This manual provides a structured curriculum for teaching Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills, focusing on emotional dysregulation and interpersonal instability. It is built on a dialectical philosophy that synthesizes acceptance and change across four primary modules:...
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RSD and BPD both involve intense reactions to rejection, but they differ fundamentally: RSD episodes are brief, trigger-specific, and resolve quickly, while BPD involves chronic emotional instability, identity disturbance, and relationship cycling that persists between triggers.
RSD treatment includes alpha-2 agonist medications (guanfacine, clonidine) that directly target emotional reactivity, CBT adapted for ADHD, DBT distress tolerance skills, and structural strategies that reduce the behavioral consequences of rejection sensitivity.