הצגת התערבות טיפולית בקשיי ויסות רגשי בקרב חיילים באמצעות קבוצת מיומנויות, על פי גישת טיפול דיאלקטי התנהגותי DBT: [מאמרים]

Background: As part of a Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT) group protocol intervention approach, 23 Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers with personality disorder traits and difficulties in emotion regulation participated in an emotion regulation skills group. The 14-week program was intended to assess the efficacy of the intervention. The participants filled out pre and post-treatment reports assessing emotion regulation difficulties and symptoms.Methods: 23 IDF mandatory service soldiers who have emotional regulation difficulties participated in two separate DBT skills groups, in which emotional regulation skills were taught. The groups were held sequentially in 2018 and 2019 at the Central Mental Health Clinic at Tel HaShomer base. The groups received weekly DBT instruction from two DBT-trained therapists. Participants filled out the Mental Wellbeing Questionnaire – ERQ and Mental Health Questionnaire (MHI) pre and post-treatment. Results: Participants showed improvement in emotion regulation difficulties and symptoms post-treatment, suggesting that the DBT skills group is an effective intervention, resulting in stronger emotional regulation skills for these soldiers.Conclusions: IDF soldiers with personality disorder traits and emotion regulation difficulties complied with the DBT skill group intervention, attended it regularly and benefited from it, as reflected in the changes in their emotion regulation difficulties and symptoms. These difficulties, naturally, not only affect these soldiers' wellbeing and military functioning, but also take a significant toll on the IDF’s mental healthcare system, and often result in early discharge. Thus, the implementation of the DBT skills group could benefit both soldiers with emotion regulation difficulties and IDF mental health care providers. (From the article)