Network Study

The Network study examined a research-informed, web-based psychoeducational program for DD patients and their therapists aimed at helping patients get and feel safer by learning how to manage and reduce emotional dysregulation, PTSD symptoms, dissociation, and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI).

Using videos and written and practice exercises, the TOP DD Network program provided therapists and patients from around the world with education about DDs and healing-focused skills for managing symptoms, improving emotion regulation, and managing safety issues.

Participation was associated with improved emotion regulation, reduced PTSD symptoms and dissociation, and higher adaptive capacities – especially among those with the most pronounced dissociation at intake. Improvements in NSSI among the most self-injurious patients were particularly striking.