NCT07021274Recruiting
DBT Skill Training for Autistic Adults With Difficulties in Emotion Regulation.
DBT Skill Training for Autistic Adults With Difficulties in Emotion Regulation: a Feasibility Study.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
One in 44 has autism, 70% of them have additional mental health challenges. Currently, this patient population does not have access to effective treatment within specialist healthcare services and has struggled to benefit from standard treatments. The goal of this project is to increase access to treatment tailored to their challenges. We will investigate whether a treatment program with an adapted version of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is feasible, accepted, and perceived as useful for people with autism. The purpose of the treatment is to improve emotion regulation, function better in relationships, and avoid crises, thereby enhancing their ability to achieve personal goals, reduce suffering, and increase quality of life. Autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder, presenting with great variation and more widespread than previously thought. Difficulties with emotion regulation are a central challenge for many with autism. These difficulties often manifest as an inability to recognize, understand, and manage emotional responses, leading to destructive strategies, behaviors, and suffering. DBT is developed with a focus on emotion regulation and has shown good effects in other patient populations. The project can increase access to treatment for a patient population that currently stands without.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 15 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 19 May 2025
- Start date
- Aug 2025
- Primary completion date
- Feb 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Helse Møre og Romsdal HF
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT07021274
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 15
- From Aug 2025 to the primary completion date, Feb 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other
- Have a clinically significant low linguistic functioning that hinders the patient in understanding and answering the questions on the self-report instruments.
- Being actively psychotic.
- Have a Body Mass Index (BMI) under 17.
- Cognitive disability Intelliganve quotient (IQ) \<85
Who the study is looking for
- Fit general inclusion criteria for the out- patient treatment at the clinic.
- Have diagnosed autism, and pervasive difficulties in emotion regulation.
- Speak Scandinavian (Norwegian, Danish and/or Swedish).
- Manage to commit to participating in the DBT- skills training.
- Be willing to sign the written informed consent.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outpatient psychiatric unit - More and Romsdal Health Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Molde | Norway | Recruiting |
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