Peer support groups or self-help groups

peer-led groups characterized by sharing and social interaction

useful for :

1. anxiety
2. social withdrawal
3. substance abuse

Contraindications for referral to peer support group are:

• Aggressive symptoms (violence with poor impulse control) and
• refusal to attend

psychotic symptoms alone is not a contraindication

Dialectal behavioral therapy (DBT)

DBT is modified version of CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

Good for Borderline personality disorder

SELF MINDFULNESS , DISTRESS TOLERANCE , EMOTIONAL REGULATION ,  INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS