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ASSOCIATION for BEHAVIORAL and ISSN 0278-8403 ABCT COGNITIVE THERAPIES ▲ VOLUME 41, NO. 2•FEBRUARY 2018 the Behavior Therapist Contents SCIENCE Science Risk Factors for Early Miguelina Germán, Vincent P. Corcoran, Lorey Wheeler, and Late Dropout From Jeana L. DeMairo, Olivia M. Peros, Tanvi Bahuguna, Alec L. Miller Risk Factors for Early and Late Dropout From Dialectical Dialectical Behavior Behavior Therapy for Suicidal Adolescents • 69 Therapy for Suicidal Clinical Forum Adolescents Joanna J. Arch A Conversation With Steve Hayes and Stefan Hofmann Miguelina Germán, Montefiore About Process-Based CBT • 81 Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Research-Practice Jacqueline B. Persons and Alexandra S. Jensen Vincent P. Corcoran, Publishing a Single-Case Study • 83 Fordham University Te chnology Lorey Wheeler, University of Julianne Wilner, Keara Russell, Shannon Sauer-Zavala Nebraska—Lincoln emotions101: Development of an Online Prevention Course for College Students Based on the Unified Protocol • 89 Jeana L. DeMairo, The New School for Social Research Clinical Dialogues Olivia M. Peros, Hofstra University Melissa L. Miller and Gabriela A. Nagy He/She/I Said What?! Reflections on Addressing Tanvi Bahuguna, Teachers College, Microaggressions in Supervision • 95 Columbia University News Alec L. Miller, Cognitive & Behav- Katherine Baucom ioral Consultants of Westchester and 2017 ABCT Featured Student Award Recipients • 99 Manhattan and Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of At ABCT Medicine Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Members • 100 52nd Annual Convention PREVIOUS STUDIES REVEAL that a number of variables contribute to treatment dropout Preparing to Submit an Abstract • 104 among suicidal adolescents. Adolescents with a Call for Papers • 105 history of suicide attempts were more likely to Understanding the ABCT Convention • 106 drop out of treatment than their nonsuicidal counterparts (15% vs. 3%; Barbe, Bridge, Birmaher, Kolko, & Brent, 2004). Adolescents [Contents continued on p. 70] [continued on p. 71] February • 2018 69 the Behavior Therapist Published by the Association for In an effort to embrace one aspect of ABCT’s strategic Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 305 Seventh Avenue - 16th Floor initiative—commitment to globalization—the Board New York, NY 10001 | www.abct.org of Directors is recommending a change to our mission (212) 647-1890 | Fax: (212) 647-1865 statement and purposes: Editor: Kate Wolitzky-Taylor Article II Editorial Assistant: Bita Mesri Mission Statement The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies is a multidisciplinary Associate Editors organization committed to the enhancement of health and well-being by RaeAnn Anderson advancing the scientific understanding, assessment, prevention, and treatment Katherine Baucom of human problems through the global application of behavioral, cognitive, and biological evidence-based principles. 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All items published in the Behavior Therapist, including Behavior Therapist or to voice a pro- author’s e-mail address on the cover page advertisements, are for the information of our readers, fessional opinion. Letters should be of the manuscript attachment. Please and publication does not imply endorsement by the As- limited to approximately 3 double- also include, as an attachment, the com- sociation. spaced manuscript pages. pleted copyright transfer document. 70 DROPOUT FROM DBT who reported current suicidal ideation cally brought to therapy by parents or care- Method were also more likely to drop out of treat- givers. Parental involvement and participa- ment than their nonsuicidal counterparts tion are viewed as an essential component Participants (28.6% vs. 4.3%; Barbe et al., 2004). Adoles- for successful treatment of adolescent The study consisted of patients admit- cents who reported both lifetime and cur- mental health problems in many treatment ted to a 20-week DBT outpatient therapy rent suicidality were associated with approaches (Erhardt & Baker, 1990; Mend- program (N = 98) from 2005–2014. The greater impairment at intake and also with lowitz et al., 1999). However, parental program was affiliated with a university dropout from treatment (Barbe et al.). dropout has been shown to be as high as hospital training clinic located within the Dropout rates were higher when suicidal 60% (Armbruster & Fallon, 1994; Pekarik New York metropolitan area. The sample adolescents were in nondirective support- & Stephenson, 1988), and is associated with was predominately female (84.5%) with an ive therapy than in cognitive behavioral higher child dropout (Kazdin & Mazurick, average age of 15.07 years (SD = 1.50). therapy or in systemic behavioral family 1994). DBT also strongly encourages Additionally, the majority of the sample therapy (Barbe et al.). Studying dropout parental participation in treatment. How- consisted of ethnic minority adolescents, among this high-risk population is the first ever, to our knowledge, there are no studies with Hispanic (65.1%) and African-Amer- step toward developing targeted strategies that have reported dropout rates from DBT ican adolescents (20.9%) representing the for prevention. Studies on evidence-based in a community clinic outside of a random- two largest groups. interventions have shown 11 to 13 sessions ized controlled trial. The standard DBT protocol of the clinic are needed for a majority of patients to Research has shown that another entailed a pretreatment phase in which achieve clinically significant symptom important relationship for the patient is the adolescents met with their individual ther- remission (Hansen, Lambert, & Forman, therapeutic relationship, in that the apist once per week, and an active compre- 2002; Lambert, 2007). strength of the therapeutic alliance can hensive treatment phase that incorporated Given the limited amount of research affect treatment outcome (Martin, Garske, weekly group work. During active treat- on suicidal adolescents who drop out from