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      Radically Open-Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Disorders of Over-Control: Signaling Matters.

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          Radically Open-Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) is a transdiagnostic treatment designed to address a spectrum of difficult-to-treat disorders sharing similar phenotypic and genotypic features associated with maladaptive over-control-such as anorexia nervosa, chronic depression, and obsessive compulsive personality disorder. Over-control has been linked to social isolation, aloof and distant relationships, cognitive rigidity, high detailedfocused processing, risk aversion, strong needs for structure, inhibited emotional expression, and hyper-perfectionism. While resting on the dialectical underpinnings of standard DBT, the therapeutic strategies, core skills, and theoretical perspectives in RO-DBT often substantially differ. For example, RO-DBT contends that emotional loneliness secondary to low openness and social-signaling deficits represents the core problem of over-control, not emotion dysregulation. RO-DBT also significantly differs from other treatment approaches, most notably by linking the communicative functions of emotional expression to the formation of close social bonds and via skills targeting social-signaling and changing neurophysiological arousal. The aim of this paper is to provide a brief overview of the core theoretical principles and unique treatment strategies underlying RO-DBT.

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          Journal
          Am J Psychother
          American journal of psychotherapy
          0002-9564
          0002-9564
          2015
          : 69
          : 2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, UK.
          Article
          10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2015.69.2.141
          26160620
          f8eecfb0-d33e-4c21-a11d-ed270c541720
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