But in 2006 Linehan assigned 111 suicidal patients to receive either DBT or intensive treatment using other techniques.

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Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and psychodramatherapy are offered, as are acupuncture and art.

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Her DBT is an offshoot of cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on correcting distorted thought patterns that can make people depressed.

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Patients on DBT had half the rate of attempted suicides over the next two years and were hospitalized less often for suicidal thoughts, according to the results in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

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