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ED visit analyses concerned 104 patients, and hospitalization analyses concerned 30 patients. Across both treatment modalities, ED visits decreased from 119 in the year prior to treatment to 37 during the first year of treatment (p &amp;lt; .001 for both). Hospitalizations were observed to decrease for patients in MBT (p &amp;lt; .05), while no clear change was seen in the DBT group (p = .595). Drop-out rates during treatment were around 30% in both modalities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These patterns descriptively suggest that both therapies are associated with reduced service use during treatment in clinical practice. Future research should investigate which patient- and system-level characteristics can guide patients and clinicians toward the most suitable treatment for everyone, and whether these observed patterns persist beyond the treatment period.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyt.2026.1732940","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,2]],"date-time":"2026-03-02T06:35:15Z","timestamp":1772433315000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Effectiveness of mentalization-based therapy and dialectical behavior therapy for cluster B personality disorders: a naturalistic study of service utilization and treatment dropout"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Phillip","family":"Yin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, University of Montreal","place":["Montreal, QC, 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