@article{ref1,
title="Cost-effectiveness of dialectical behaviour therapy vs. enhanced usual care in the treatment of adolescents with self-harm",
journal="Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health",
year="2018",
author="Haga, Egil and Aas, Eline and Grøholt, Berit and Tørmoen, Anita J. and Mehlum, Lars",
volume="12",
number="",
pages="e22-e22",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is effective in reducing self-harm in adults and adolescents. AIMS: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of DBT for adolescents (DBT-A) compared to enhanced usual care (EUC). <br><br>METHODS: In a randomised study, 77 adolescents with repeated self-harm were allocated to 19 weeks of outpatient treatment, either DBT-A (<i>n</i> = 39) or EUC (<i>n</i> = 38). Cost-effective analyses, including estimation of incremental cost-effectiveness ratios, were conducted with self-harm and global functioning (CGAS) as health outcomes. <br><br>RESULTS: Using self-harm as effect outcome measure, the probability of DBT being cost-effective compared to EUC increased with increasing willingness to pay up to a ceiling of 99.5% (threshold of € 1400), while with CGAS as effect outcome measure, this ceiling was 94.9% (threshold of € 1600). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Given the data, DBT-A had a high probability of being a cost-effective treatment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1753-2000",
doi="10.1186/s13034-018-0227-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13034-018-0227-2"
}