?Dr. McGuire specializes in the treatment of borderline personality disorder. She engages her patients in a type of therapy that addresses their symptoms in the order of their importance: reducing suicidal thoughts, reducing behaviors that interfere with therapy, and finally, reducing behaviors that interfere with the quality of life. This type of therapy is referred to as ____

a. ?action-based therapy
b. ?actualization therapy
c. ?dialectical behavior therapy
d. ?mood stabilization therapy


ANSWER:
c

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