Talk:Marsha M. Linehan

Here's a link to a good talk done by her
good talk on suicide research

http://www.digitalwell.washington.edu/rcuwtvdownload/uw_pl_suicid2_ipodv.m4v

this was found at this page http://www.uwtv.org/programs/displayevent.aspx?rID=16248&fID=1474 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.54.28.15 (talk) 15:57, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Background article in NYT that has more details on the early years
Some more background here...  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/health/23lives.html though NYT paywall has stopped my access. Ttiotsw (talk) 17:27, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Early life
Linehan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In March 1961, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the Institute of Living, a residential treatment center in Hartford, Connecticut where she was a psychiatric inpatient. Linehan was subjected to electroconvulsive therapy, seclusion, as well as Thorazine and Librium as treatment. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/health/23lives.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

She has said that she feels that she actually had borderline personality disorder but was not diagnosed with this by professionals; she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/health/23lives.html

In a 2011 interview with the The New York Times, Linehan said that she "does not remember" taking any psychiatric medication after leaving the Institute of Living when she was 18 years old. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/health/23lives.html?pagewanted=3&_r=0 63.247.160.139 (talk) 02:59, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

DBT section has multiple issues
Dr. Linehan developed DBT in its earliest form while conducting a study of borderline personality disorder. But her real focus was to better understand why some people are more prone to suicidal and self-harming behaviors. She had to pick a condition, a diagnosis, in order to get the funding she needed for her study. "Suicidal" is not a diagnosis according to the DSM. So she decided BPD best fit what she was hoping to learn about these behaviors and find a better method of treatment. DBT was not developed to be only for BPD and it is not the only treatment for BPD. It's is considered the most successful treatment. It also isn't the only way to successfully treat suicidal behavior, it's one of the treatments that have the highest success rates. You cannot describe this method accurately by using absolute language like "only." In fact, that type of description is contrary to dialectic principles. I think even Dr. Linehan would have a problem with DBT being described as the ONLY answer to anything. 2600:1700:BEA0:2210:14BF:8D5C:6A95:D586 (talk) 02:17, 6 June 2022 (UTC)