Abstract
Objectives
To describe the adaptations to the online modality of the Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Program for Adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder or Emotional Dysregulation (DBT A) and the therapeutic experience when facing difficulties and benefits in its different treatment modalities (individual therapy, Multifamily Skills Group, Drug Treatment, and Team Supervision), during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis at the Center for Research, Teaching and Comprehensive Care in Mental Health (CENTIDOS) in Lima, Peru.
Methods
Presentation of clinical cases in which adaptations have been made in the protocols and treatment modalities of DBT A so that it can be carried out online according to the needs of the current context. It is compared with the scientific literature available on DBT A in the PubMed and Google Scholar databases.
Results
Demonstration of the difficulties and benefits through clinical cases of the participants of the DBT A program, as well as the experience of managing suicidal crises and the use of specific protocols through online modality.
Conclusions
The DBT A program can be adapted according to the needs of the COVID-19 context in order to protect the physical and mental health of adolescents and their families. The online modality has difficulties and benefits that need to be studied more widely.