Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Inpatients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Suicide risk is elevated after discharge from inpatient level of care. Empirically supported inpatient suicide prevention treatments are needed.

Objective

To determine whether adding an inpatient version of brief cognitive behavioral therapy for suicide prevention to treatment as usual reduces postdischarge suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, and psychiatric readmissions and to determine whether substance use disorder moderates treatment effects.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial compared treatment as usual (n = 106) to treatment as usual plus brief cognitive behavioral therapy for inpatients (n = 94) at a private psychiatric hospital in Connecticut. Follow-up assessments were completed monthly for 6 months postdischarge. Par

SUBMITTER: Diefenbach GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11391362 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature