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Mechanisms of change in dialectical behavior therapy: theoretical and empirical observationsThomas R Lynch
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Clin Psychol 62:459-80. 2006..Ultimately, our goal was to provide guidance for theoretically and empirically grounded research on the mechanisms of change in DBT...- Borderline personality disorder and emotional responding: a review of the research literatureM Zachary Rosenthal
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 3026, Durham, NC 27710, Duke University Medical Center, United States
Clin Psychol Rev 28:75-91. 2008..Finally, problems commonly encountered when conducting translational research on emotion in BPD are outlined, and solutions to these problems are offered... - Correlates of suicidal ideation among an elderly depressed sampleT R Lynch
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Affect Disord 56:9-15. 1999..Suicidal ideation has been shown to be strongly associated with suicide completion and elders take their own lives more than any other age group... - Dialectical behavior therapy for borderline personality disorderThomas R Lynch
Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Duke University, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 3:181-205. 2007..This review provides a brief introduction to DBT, followed by a critical appraisal of empirical support for the treatment and a discussion of current research trends... - A model predicting suicidal ideation and hopelessness in depressed older adults: the impact of emotion inhibition and affect intensityT R Lynch
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27704, USA
Aging Ment Health 8:486-97. 2004..These results suggest that suicide prevention efforts in older adults may be improved by targeting emotion inhibition in treatment, especially among affectively intense and reactive older adults... - Treatment of older adults with co-morbid personality disorder and depression: a dialectical behavior therapy approachThomas R Lynch
Cognitive Behavioral Research and Treatment Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center Duke University, Box 3026, 2213 Elba Street, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:131-43. 2007..It has also been demonstrated that personality disorders in older adults complicate treatment of other psychopathology, as well as result in heightened interpersonal disturbance and emotional distress... - Heightened sensitivity to facial expressions of emotion in borderline personality disorderThomas R Lynch
Department of Psychology, Social and Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Emotion 6:647-55. 2006..These findings could not be explained by participants with BPD responding faster with more errors. Overall, results appear to support the contention that heightened emotional sensitivity may be a core feature of BPD... - A mediational model of trait negative affectivity, dispositional thought suppression, and intrusive thoughts following laboratory stressorsThomas R Lynch
Department of Psychology, Social and Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:749-61. 2007..Results from both studies support a model in which chronic thought suppression fully mediates the relationship between negative affectivity and the frequency of intrusions... - Dialectical behavior therapy for depressed older adults: a randomized pilot studyThomas R Lynch
Duke University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27704, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 11:33-45. 2003..Authors assessed the benefits of augmenting medication with group psychotherapy... - Couple functioning in depression: the roles of sociotropy and autonomyT R Lynch
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Clin Psychol 57:93-103. 2001..The results are consistent with a model in which sociotropy and autonomy increase vulnerability to depression, in part, through their effects on interpersonal relationships... - Personality disorders in late lifeJ Q Morse
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3362, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2:24-31. 2000.... - Perceived social support among depressed elderly, middle-aged, and young-adult samples: cross-sectional and longitudinal analysesT R Lynch
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Affect Disord 55:159-70. 1999..This study examined clinical, historical, and phenomenological variables associated cross-sectionally and longitudinally with perceived social support... - New onset and remission of suicidal ideation among a depressed adult sampleT R Lynch
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Affect Disord 56:49-54. 1999..Previous research has demonstrated that suicidal ideation often predicts suicide completion... 
Prefrontal mechanisms for executive control over emotional distraction are altered in major depressionLihong Wang
Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Psychiatry Res 163:143-55. 2008..The results provide direct evidence of an alteration in the neural systems that interplay cognition with mood in MDD...- Examining the inventory of interpersonal problems as a tool for conducting analogue studies of mechanisms underlying Borderline Personality DisorderC W Lejuez
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 34:313-24. 2003..These data suggest the specificity of the IIP-BPD and support its use in analogue studies to better understand the mechanisms underlying the disorder... - An analogue investigation of the relationships among perceived parental criticism, negative affect, and borderline personality disorder features: the role of thought suppressionJennifer S Cheavens
Duke University Medical Center, Trent Drive, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Behav Res Ther 43:257-68. 2005..Clinical implications, directions for further research, and limitations of the present study are discussed... 
Dialectical behavior therapy for comorbid personality disordersThomas R Lynch
Duke University, USA
J Clin Psychol 64:154-67. 2008....- Decision-making and risk aversion among depressive adultsMoria J Smoski
Duke University Medical Center, DUMC Box 3026, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 39:567-76. 2008..Findings suggested enhanced feedback-based decision-making and risk aversion among depressive individuals... - fMRI of alterations in reward selection, anticipation, and feedback in major depressive disorderMoria J Smoski
Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
J Affect Disord 118:69-78. 2009..Results indicate that MDD is characterized by striatal hyporesponsivity, and that future studies of MDD treatments that seek to improve responses to rewarding stimuli should assess striatal functioning... - Thought suppression mediates the relationship between negative mood and PTSD in sexually assaulted womenM Zachary Rosenthal
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Trauma Stress 19:741-5. 2006..Findings extend previous studies and suggest that chronic thought suppression may help explain the link between negative mood and PTSD... - Impulsivity as a common process across borderline personality and substance use disordersMarina A Bornovalova
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 25:790-812. 2005.... - Self-punishment as a regulation strategy in borderline personality disorderM Zachary Rosenthal
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Pers Disord 20:232-46. 2006..Results indicated that Self-Punishment did not mediate this relationship, but did account for significant variance in BPD symptoms over and above negative affectivity. Implications and future research directions are discussed... - Thought suppression mediates the relationship between negative affect and borderline personality disorder symptomsM Zachary Rosenthal
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, 2213 Elba Street, Box 3026, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Behav Res Ther 43:1173-85. 2005.... - Fluoxetine, comprehensive cognitive behavioral therapy, and placebo in generalized social phobiaJonathan R T Davidson
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:1005-13. 2004..Generalized social phobia is common, persistent, and disabling and is often treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor drugs or cognitive behavioral therapy... - Forgiveness and chronic low back pain: a preliminary study examining the relationship of forgiveness to pain, anger, and psychological distressJames W Carson
Pain Prevention and Treatment Research Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27708, USA
J Pain 6:84-91. 2005..Patients who report an inability to forgive others might be experiencing higher pain and psychological distress that are mediated by relatively higher levels of state anger... - Affect intensity: association with anxious and fearful responding to bodily sensationsAnka A Vujanovic
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, 2 Colchester Avenue, John Dewey Hall, Burlington, VT 05405-0134, USA
J Anxiety Disord 20:192-206. 2006..Findings are discussed in relation to better understanding the role of affect intensity as a potential risk factor for panic-related problems... - Loving-kindness meditation for chronic low back pain: results from a pilot trialJames W Carson
Duke University Medical Center, USA
J Holist Nurs 23:287-304. 2005..IMPLICATIONS: Clinicians may find loving-kindness meditation helpful in the treatment of patients with persistent pain... - Childhood emotional invalidation and adult psychological distress: the mediating role of emotional inhibitionElizabeth D Krause
Department of Psychology, Social and Health Sciences, Duke University, Box 90085, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Child Abuse Negl 27:199-213. 2003..Although it is likely that childhood emotional inhibition is functional (e.g., reduces parental distress and rejection), results suggest that chronic emotional inhibition may have long-term negative consequences for the inhibitor... - Bariatric surgery using a network and teleconferencing to serve remote patients in the Veterans Administration Health Care System: feasibility and resultsRanjan Sudan
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am J Surg 202:71-6. 2011..The creation and outcomes of a network to increase bariatric surgery access and patient satisfaction with teleconsultation are discussed... - Course of suicide ideation and predictors of change in depressed older adultsKelly C Cukrowicz
Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 2051, USA
J Affect Disord 113:30-6. 2009..To this end, we examined the longitudinal course of suicide ideation in a sample of treatment-seeking depressed adults 60 years of age or older... - A multimodal assessment of the relationship between emotion dysregulation and borderline personality disorder among inner-city substance users in residential treatmentMarina A Bornovalova
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
J Psychiatr Res 42:717-26. 2008..Findings suggest the need to further explore the role of emotion dysregulation in the development and maintenance of BPD among inner-city substance users in residential treatment... - Personality traits and perceived social support among depressed older adultsKelly C Cukrowicz
Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
Aging Ment Health 12:662-9. 2008..In addition, these traits may lead to more satisfying interactions and greater perceived social support over time. The implications of these results are discussed... - Impulsivity and emotion dysregulation in Borderline Personality DisorderAlexander L Chapman
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
J Pers Disord 22:148-64. 2008..In addition, high-BPD participants reported greater emotion dysregulation in a variety of domains, compared with low-BPD participants... - Response to the van Alphen et al. 'reaction to "treatment of older adults with co-morbid personality disorder and depression: a dialectical behavior therapy approach"Jennifer S Cheavens
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:701-2. 2007 - Dialectical behavior therapy for clients with HIVChistopher A Kenedi
Focus 21:1-6. 2006
Research Grants
- TREATMENT OF ELDERLY DEPRESSION WITH AXIS II COMORBIDITYThomas Lynch; Fiscal Year: 2004..The project is divided into three major parts: a comprehensive baseline assessment, a treatment intervention component, and post-treatment assessment. ..
- Changes in Brain Activation with DBT or I/GDCThomas Lynch; Fiscal Year: 2005..The proposed study will collect pilot data and feasibility information in preparation for a future large-scale study. ..
- Evaluation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)M Rosenthal; Fiscal Year: 2007..Results will be analyzed using HLM and other regression based procedures. ..
- Developing Computer Based Treatments for AddictionM Rosenthal; Fiscal Year: 2007..Assessment measures will be collected at baseline, post-treatment, and 6-month follow-up. Results from this Stage la/b study will be used to direct the implementation of a future Stage 2 efficacy trial. ..