Attentional control may be modifiable with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Prevent Suicide.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test whether Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Prevent Suicide (MBCT-S) is associated with improvement in attentional control, an objective marker of suicide attempt.

Method

In the context of a randomized clinical trial targeting suicide risk in Veterans, computerized Stroop and emotion Stroop (E-Stroop) tasks were administered 3 times over 6-months follow-up to 135 high suicide risk Veterans. Seventy were randomized to receive MBCT-S in addition to enhanced treatment as usual (eTAU), and 65 were randomized to eTAU only. E-Stroop word types included positively- and negatively-valenced emotion, suicide, and combat-related words. Interference scores and mixed effects linear regression analyses were used.

Results

Veterans receiving MBCT-S showed a more

SUBMITTER: Chesin MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11895765 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature