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Based on the conceptualization of disorders characterized by difficulties in emotion (see the earlier section “Beginning with the Biosocial Theory”), DBT specifically focuses on helping people regulate their emotions in more adaptive ways. And so, DBT includes many behavioral skills that specifically aim to teach patients how to recognize, understand, label, and regulate their emotions.

A comprehensive treatment is needed to help people who are emotionally sensitive. For any treatment to be comprehensive, it must address five essential functions, and DBT is no different. A comprehensive treatment must accomplish the tasks in the following sections.