Abstract
Most youth living with chronic illness struggle with managing their medical conditions and regimens due to organizational, environmental, and psychological barriers. Traditional CBT approaches designed to problem-solve collaboratively with patients may prove difficult, as these youth have illness challenges that they cannot change or control. DBT integrates CBT-based change strategies with acceptance-based strategies that help patients feel more validated by themselves, their families, and treatment providers, while still expecting behavioral change. This chapter addresses the rationale for using an adapted DBT protocol with pediatric populations that aims to improve medical non-adherence, as well as other social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes.
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The name of this client, as well as others mentioned throughout the manuscript, and all identifying information are completely altered and based on multiple clients, and thus, they are composite patients with no true identifying information.
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Lois, B.H., Corcoran, V.P., Miller, A.L. (2019). DBT Adaptations with Pediatric Patients. In: Friedberg, R.D., Paternostro, J.K. (eds) Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Medical Conditions. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21683-2_10
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