Psychology Lecture Series
Treating Severe Mental Disorders
Wed. April 27, 2016 7:30 p.m.
Kane Hall 130, UW Campus
This lecture is sold out. Please check in with UWAA staff at the venue beginning 45 minutes prior to the event. As a courtesy, there will be a waitlist, and unclaimed seats will be released on a first-come, first-serve basis at exactly 7:15 p.m.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) integrates behavioral science with Zen mindfulness for effective results. Learn how DBT treatment and research is helping reduce the risk of suicide—and other ways research is paving the way for innovative treatments of complex mental disorders.
This evening is part of the Connecting the Dots Between Research and the Community series, where a UW Psychology professor partners with a visiting colleague to tell the story of how their research is addressing some of society’s biggest challenges.
Speaker: Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D., ABPP
Lecture: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Where We Were, Where We Are and Where Are We Going
Description: DBT is a trans-diagnostic modular behavioral intervention that integrates principles of behavioral science with those of Zen mindfulness practice to provide a synthesis of change and acceptance. Learn how this behavioral intervention is one of the few treatments that has been replicated as effective for reducing risk of suicide and what to expect from the future of DBT.
About Marsha M. Linehan
Marsha M. Linehan is professor of psychology and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington and is director of the Linehan Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics (BRTC), a research consortium that develops, evaluates and disseminates treatments for multi-diagnostic, severely disordered and suicidal populations. She is the developer of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), an evidence-based treatment for the application of behavioral models to suicidal behaviors, drug abuse and borderline personality disorder.
Linehan has authored multiple books, including “Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder,” “DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets (2nd ed.),” and “DBT Skills Training Manual (2nd ed.).” She serves on a number of editorial boards and has published extensively in scientific journals.
Linehan is the founder of The Linehan Institute, a non-profit organization which helps advance mental health through support for education, research and compassionate, scientifically-based treatments. Linehan is also the founder of Behavioral Tech LLC, a DBT training and consulting organization, and founder of Behavioral Tech Research, Inc., a company that develops innovative online and mobile technologies to disseminate science-based behavioral treatments for mental disorders.
Linehan was trained in spiritual directions under Gerald May and Tilden Edwards and is a Zen master (Roshi) in both the Sanbo-Kyodan-School under Roshi Willigis Jaeger, a Benedictine Monk and mystic, as well as in the Diamond Sangha. She teaches mindfulness via workshops and retreats for health care providers.
Speaker: Martin Bohus, M.D.
Lecture: Mechanisms-Based Psychotherapy: on the Interaction of Psychobiology and Treatment Development
Description: Given that DBT has good empirical evidence, there is still a need for improvement of Borderline Personality Disorder treatment. Dr. Bohus will give an overview of interactive research strategies using experimental neuropsychology to tailor new mechanisms-based treatment components.
About Martin Bohus
Martin Bohus, M.D., is chair of psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy at Heidelberg University and scientific director of the Institute of Psychiatric and Psychosomatics Psychotherapy at the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany. The Institute integrates clinical and research activities focusing on the development and application of psychotherapy for trauma-related disorders such as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) related to adverse childhood experience. Dr. Bohus received his M.D. at Freiburg Medical School and did his residency in psychiatry and neurology at Freiburg Medical School. He made his specialty in psychiatry and psychotherapy and in psychosomatic medicine. Dr. Bohus serves on the board of a number of professional and scientific associations and has published extensively, mainly on mechanisms of psychotherapy, borderline personality disorders and PTSD. Throughout his career, he also received several awards for psychotherapy research.
This free, public series is made possible by a generous bequest from Professor Allen L. Edwards.
