Research Question: What is the efficacy of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for women who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of Domestic violence? The purpose of this paper is to investigate the efficacy of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for women survivors of domestic violence. It will further examine how Dialectical Behavior Therapy is an appropriate form of treatment in counseling for women who suffer from PTSD because of domestic violence regardless of ethnicity or cultural diversity. In addition, it will also include how explore Dialectical Behavior Therapy would be effective in working with women with other mental disorders in addition to PTSD. The peer-reviewed scholarly articles were researched …show more content…
In addition this study will explore the outcomes with women of urban low-income with ethno racial minority background, and evaluate the possibility of psychological trauma, PTSD, and DESNOS, in addition to what interventions would best benefit those whom suffer from mental illness such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, psychosis NOS, bipolar disorder, and or major depressive disorder with psychotic features and how these conditions will overlap with women who have PTSD as a result of domestic violence without severe mental …show more content…
The researchers used the following instruments Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Structured Interview for Disorders of Extreme Stress, Traumatic Events Screening Inventory (TESI) and Clinician Administered PTSD Scale. According to the findings of this study it was found that in retrospect of the small sample size, the study In conclusion, despite the small sample size and need for replication, in the present study showed increase impairment with black women in correlation to psychological trauma, PTSD, and who are in active treatment severe mental illness.
Strengths and Limitations: The strength of this article indicated statically data to support the various races and their responses to the risk of PTSD as a result of psychological trauma and Desnos. However the limitations did not show what type of current interventions are being utilized as current psychoeducation if any for women that have PTSD and the outcome of such intervention. Future research is needed to see, type of treatment is most effective for women that are diagnosed with PTSD complicated by severe mental