完整的 DBT-A 治療同樣包括每周一次個別治療、團體治療、治療者團隊會議及24小時電話輔導，另外加入家庭治療。研究發現 DBT 所教授的技能包括基本社交和情感生活能力，非常適用於相似的臨床症狀、情緒行為調節困難、或自殺自傷的青少年(Mehlum L, et al., 2014; Flynn D, et al., 2018; Glenn CR, et al., 2019)。
在針對自傷自殺行為的高危兒童青少年，DBT 是少數具有實證療效的治療方法(Perepletchikova F, et al., 2011; McCauley E, et al. 2018; Kothgassner OD, et al., 2021; Witt KG, et al., 2021)，研究發現 DBT 不只可以降低青少年自殺自傷行為想法與邊緣性人格症狀(Chugani CD, 2013)，DBT 的情緒調節對改善青少年或大學生的憤怒情緒(Haktanir A, et al., 2022)、憂鬱症狀(Panepinto AR, et al., 2015; Turan B et al, 2022)、焦慮症狀(Webb CA, et al. 2016)、物質濫用、外化行為等都有顯著療效。 Poon等人(2022)以完整 DBT-A 治療男同性戀、女同性戀、雙性戀或質疑自己性向的青少年，都能顯著的改善他們的情緒調節、憂鬱、邊緣症狀和應對策略能力等(Poon et al. 2022; Tilley JL, et al. 2022)。此外，DBT 也可以幫助罹患注意力缺失過動症的青少年顯著改善其過動/衝動、行為問題和情緒失調症狀(Meyer J, et al. 2022)。在Goldstein 等人的研究中(2015)證實 DBT 可以作為罹患雙極性情感疾患的青少年藥物療法的輔助治療，尤其可改善鬱期時的憂鬱症狀和自殺意念，且可以加強青少年對治療的承諾。其他 DBT 在青少年的實證研究還包括治療青少年飲食疾患(Kamody RC et al., 2019; Reilly EE, et al., 2020; Vogel EN, 2021)、對立反抗疾患(Nelson-Gray RO et al., 2006)、侵擾性情緒失調疾患(Perepletchikova F, et al. 2017)等都有顯著療效的研究報告。
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