Using Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Prevent Suicide among High Suicide Risk Patients who also Misuse Opioids: A Preliminary Probe of Feasibility and Effectiveness.

ABSTRACT: Knowledge of how to effectively prevent suicide attempt (SA) in high suicide risk patients who also misuse opioids is limited. In a subset of data from 36 participants with baseline opioid misuse in a randomized clinical trial testing adjunctive Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to prevent suicide among high suicide risk Veterans (n=18 per treatment condition), MBCT-S reduced the likelihood of SA and acute psychiatric hospitalization over 12-months follow-up. Those in MBCT-S had a relative risk of 17% and 42% for SA and hospitalization (p=.09, .02), respectively, compared to those receiving enhanced treatment as usual (eTAU) alone. Rates of opioid misuse during follow-up were more than halved with the addition of MBCT-S to eTAU (p=.08). Meanwhile, among trial partici

SUBMITTER: Chesin MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11931725 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature