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Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth
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The purpose of this study was to review the current evidence base of psychosocial treatments for suicidal and nonsuicidal self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) in youth. We reviewed major scientific databases (HealthSTAR, MEDLine, PsycINFO, PubMed) for relevant studies published prior to June 2013. The search identified 29 studies examining interventions for suicidal or nonsuicidal SITBs in children or adolescents. No interventions currently meet the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology standards for Level 1: well-established treatments. Six treatment categories were classified as Level 2: probably efficacious or Level 3: possibly efficacious for reducing SITBs in youth. These treatments came from a variety of theoretical orientations, including cognitive-behavioral, family, interpersonal, and psychodynamic theories. Common elements across efficacious treatments included family skills training (e.g., family communication and problem solving), parent education and training (e.g., monitoring and contingency management), and individual skills training (e.g., emotion regulation and problem solving). Several treatments have shown potential promise for reducing SITBs in children and adolescents. However, the probably/possibly efficacious treatments identified each have evidence from only a single randomized controlled trial. Future research should focus on replicating studies of promising treatments, identifying active treatment ingredients, examining mediators and moderators of treatment effects, and developing brief interventions for high-risk periods (e.g., following hospital discharge).
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“Similarly, a systematic review of 29 treatment studies (including 18 RCTs) for suicidal and nonsuicidal self-injurious thoughts and behaviours (SITBs) in youth found that no intervention met the standard to be classified as a ‘well-established intervention’, and only six interventions could be classified as ‘probably efficacious’ [21].”
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“However, previous meta-analysis focused exclusively on a small number (k = 3) of randomized controlled trials (RCTs; Kothgassner et al., 2020), and the systematic review of controlled clinical trials (CCTs, trials including a control group, but which lack randomization) and pre-post evaluations only included studies published prior to July 2013 (k = 5, no RCTs; Glenn et al., 2015).”
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“Until recently, standard treatment of suicidality consisted of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and/or medication, but all showed limited effects on suicidality [11, 13, 14].”
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“To date, two reviews evaluating the efficacy of psychosocial treatments for reducing adolescent self-harm and suicidal ideation have highlighted DBT-A as a promising treatment (Glenn, Franklin, & Nock, 2015; Kothgassner, Robinson, Goreis, Ougrin, & Plener, 2020).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Glenn, C. R., Franklin, J. C., & Nock, M. K.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Glenn, Catherine R.
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-09-25
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-29
- ISSN
- 1537-4416 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-4424
- PMC
- PMC4557625
- OpenAlex
- W2081568229
- Cited by
- 288
- References
- 133
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 56 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 6
- FWCI
- 17.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- The research was supported, in part, by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (F32 MH097354) awarded to Catherine R. Glenn and a MacArthur Fellowship awarded to Matthew K. Nock. We thank Daniel Coppersmith, Sima Shabaneh, and Suzanne Shdo for their assistance reviewing the relevant literature for this manuscript.
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- self-injurious thoughts and behaviors, suicidal ideation, non-suicidal self-injury, youth, psychosocial interventions, treatment efficacy, family skills training, parent training, contingency management, emotion regulation, problem solving, children and adolescents
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Behavior Therapy, Child, Humans, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Self-Injurious Behavior, Treatment Outcome, Evidence-Based Medicine, Suicidal Ideation
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