Family-focused cognitive behavioral treatment for depressed adolescents in suicidal crisis with co-occurring risk factors: a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents. The purpose of this study was to test a family-focused outpatient cognitive behavioral treatment (F-CBT) protocol for depressed adolescents following psychiatric hospitalization for a suicide attempt or suicidal ideation, and who had a co-occurring risk factor (suicidal behavior prior to the index admission, nonsuicidal self-injury, and/or a substance use disorder), in a randomized Phase 2 efficacy trial.

Method

One hundred forty-seven adolescents (mean age = 14.91 years; 76.2% female, 85.5% White) and their families, recruited primarily from an inpatient psychiatric hospitalization program, were randomly assigned to F-CBT or enhanced treatment-as-usual (E-TAU). A suicide attempt was the primary outco

SUBMITTER: Esposito-Smythers C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6742562 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature