Trial reportGeneral hospital psychiatry
The development and implementation of a brief intervention for medically admitted suicide attempt survivors.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychosocial interventions for self-harm in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Cognitive behavioural therapy halves the risk of repeated suicide attempts: systematic review.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2017Pooled it
- An integrated alcohol and suicide intervention for adolescents in inpatient psychiatric treatment.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of brief interventions and contacts after suicide attempt: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2026Article
- Brief and Ultra-Brief Suicide-Specific Interventions.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2023Review
- The Psychological Pathway to Suicide Attempts: A Strategy of Control Without Awareness.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Symptom trajectories in the months before and after a suicide attempt in individuals with bipolar disorder: A STEP-BD study.Bipolar disorders · 2020Article
- Ready or Not? Transitions of Depressed Adolescents During Acute Phase of Treatment.Child psychiatry and human development · 2019Article
- Active suicidal ideation during clinical antidepressant trials.Psychiatry research · 2017Article
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- The investigation of the relationship between probability of suicide and reasons for living in psychiatric inpatients.Indian journal of psychiatryArticle
- Factors Associated With Reasons for Living Among Suicidal Adolescents.Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide ResearchArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe current study endeavored to establish the feasibility and acceptability of a brief intervention for medically admitted suicide attempt survivors.
methodFifty patients admitted to a Level 1 trauma center were recruited following a suicide attempt. The first 10 patients provided information on what constituted usual care, which in turn informed the creation of the intervention manual and research design. The next 10 patients informed refinement of the intervention and research procedures. The final 30 patients were randomized in a pre-post research design to receive the teachable moment brief intervention plus usual care or usual care only. Patients were assessed prior to randomization and 1 month later by blinded research assistants. Outcomes included patient satisfaction, readiness to change problematic behaviors, reasons for living, and suicidal ideation.
resultsPatients rated the brief intervention as "good" to "great" on all items related to client satisfaction. Significant group × time interactions were observed for readiness to change (β=9.02, S.D.=3.73, P=.02) and reasons for living (β=29.60, S.D.=10.22, P=.004), suggesting greater improvement for those patients who received the brief intervention.
conclusionsPatients admitted to an acute inpatient medical setting may benefit from a brief intervention that complements usual care by focusing specifically on the functional aspects of the suicide attempt in a collaborative, patient-centered manner.
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