TY - JOUR AU - Steuwe, Carolin AU - Berg, Michaela AU - Driessen, Martin AU - Beblo, Thomas PY - 2017 DA - 2017/06/22 TI - Impact of therapist change after initial contact and traumatic burden on dropout in a naturalistic sample of inpatients with borderline pathology receiving dialectical behavior therapy JO - Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation SP - 14 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - This study focused on the predictors of therapy dropout in a naturalistic sample of patients with borderline pathology receiving dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in an inpatient setting. We assumed that the change of the therapist between DBT-briefing and start of DBT-treatment as well as comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and childhood trauma history were associated with elevated dropout. SN - 2051-6673 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40479-017-0067-3 DO - 10.1186/s40479-017-0067-3 ID - Steuwe2017 ER -