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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CBT-SP): Treatment Model, Feasibility, and Acceptability

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Stanley, Barbara, Brown, Gregory, Brent, David A., Wells, Karen, Poling, Kim, Curry, John, Kennard, Betsy D., Wagner, Ann +7 more·2009·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Objective To describe the elements of a manual-based cognitive-behavioral therapy for suicide prevention (CBT-SP) and to report its feasibility in preventing the recurrence of suicidal behavior in adolescents who have recently attempted suicide.Method The CBT-SP was developed using a risk reduction and relapse prevention approach and theoretically grounded in principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and targeted therapies for suicidal youths with depression. The CBT-SP consists of acute and continuation phases, each lasting about 12 sessions, and includes a chain analysis of the suicidal event, safety plan development, skill building, psychoeducation, family intervention, and relapse prevention.Results The CBT-SP was administered to 110 recent suicide attempters with depression aged 13 to 19 years (mean 15.8 years, SD 1.6) across five academic sites. Twelve or more sessions were completed by 72.4% of the sample.Conclusions A specific intervention for adolescents at high risk for repeated suicide attempts has been developed and manual based, and further testing of its efficacy seems feasible.

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  • Therapeutic approaches that specifically target suicidal ideation provide successful results.

    “Suicide and DSH are preventable, and therapeutic approaches that specifically target suicidal ideation (SI) provide successful results [2-4].”

    From Efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy in reducing suicidal ideation and deliberate self-harm: Systematic review (2018) · cites this paper as [2]

    The Introduction says interventions targeting suicidal ideation may be beneficial and reports reduced ideation in some subgroups, but it also describes trials with no overall effect. The Discussion says this CBT-SP feasibility study cannot establish treatment efficacy. The claim overstates these qualified findings as successful results for targeted therapeutic approaches generally. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • CBT for suicide prevention and CBT for suicidal patients have positive effects on suicidal ideation.

    “CBT for suicide prevention and CBT for suicidal patients have also had positive effects on SI [2,3].”

    From Efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy in reducing suicidal ideation and deliberate self-harm: Systematic review (2018) · cites this paper as [2]

    The Introduction reports reduced suicidal ideation in a non-depressed subgroup receiving a home-based intervention, but says there was no overall benefit for ideation. The Results and Discussion evaluate CBT-SP’s feasibility and acceptability, not whether it reduced suicidal ideation. The broad claim of positive effects therefore goes beyond what this paper reports. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • The goal of safety planning is to reduce imminent risk of suicidal behaviour by constructing a predetermined set of coping strategies and sources of support.

    “The goal of safety planning is to reduce the imminent risk of suicidal behaviour by constructing a predetermined set of coping strategies and sources of support in a plan.10,11”
  • The observed effect is in line with the hypothesis that safety plans reduce imminent risk of suicidal behaviour by presenting alternative coping strategies and sources of support.

    “The observed effect is in line with the hypothesis that safety plans reduce the imminent risk of engagement in suicidal behaviour by presenting alternative coping strategies and sources of support.10,11”
  • All available interventions (CBT, DBT) include interpersonal aspects, but these aspects are not necessarily the focus of the treatment.

    “All available interventions [CBT (6) DBT (4)] include interpersonal aspects but these aspects are not necessarily the focus of the treatment.”

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Stanley, B., Brown, G., Brent, D. A., Wells, K., Poling, K., Curry, J., Kennard, B. D., Wagner, A., Cwik, M. F., Klomek, A. B., Goldstein, T., Vitiello, B., Barnett, S., Daniel, S., & Hughes, J.
Affiliations
Johns Hopkins University (US)
Venue
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-10
Volume
48
Issue
10
Pages
1005-1013
ISSN
0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1982466664
Cited by
423
References
31
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FWCI
14.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (P20AA015630)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH66750, U10MH066762, U10MH066778, U10MH066750, MH66769, MH66762, MH66778, U10MH066775, U10MH066769, R01MH061017, MH66775)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
suicide prevention, cognitive behavioral therapy, adolescents, suicide attempters, depression, relapse prevention, risk mitigation, safety planning, dialectical behavior therapy, family intervention, treatment feasibility, acceptability, manual-based intervention
MeSH terms
Suicide Prevention, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Combined Modality Therapy, Depressive Disorder, Major, Major Depressive Disorder, Family Therapy, Feasibility Studies, Female, Humans, Interview, Psychological, Life Change Events, Male, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Personality Inventory, Suicide, Suicide, Attempted, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Imagery, Psychotherapy, Dysthymic Disorder, Secondary Prevention

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