ReviewEvidence-based mental health2017
Psychosocial interventions for self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt in children and young people: What? How? Who? and Where?
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychological interventions for suicidal behavior in adolescents: a comprehensive systematic review.Translational psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions for self-harm in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Antidepressants in Children and Adolescents: Meta-Review of Efficacy, Tolerability and Suicidality in Acute Treatment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- The relationship between serum resolvin D1, NLRP3, cytokine levels, and adolescents with first-episode medication-naïve major depressive disorder.BMC psychiatry · 2024Trial
- Imaginator: A Proof-of-Concept Feasibility Trial of a Brief Imagery-Based Psychological Intervention for Young People Who Self-Harm.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2020Trial
- Suicide among children and adolescents in India as a public mental health priority.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Cross-Sectional Differences in Self-Harm Methods Across Childhood and Adolescence.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- A comprehensive approach to adolescent suicide prevention: insights from a narrative review perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- The Effect of a cognitive behavioral program based on an interactive application on serum glucose levels and HbA1C of family members of patients with type 2 diabetes: a study protocol for a randomized clinical trial.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2024Article
- Scoping review on prevention of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescents: methods, effectiveness and future directions.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Review
- An evaluation of digital intervention for perinatal depression and anxiety: A systematic review.AIMS public health · 2024Review
- Investigating the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Appropriation of a Socially Assistive Robot Among Minority Youth at Risk of Self-Harm: Results of 2 Mixed Methods Pilot Studies.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Suicide in young people: screening, risk assessment, and intervention.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Review
- Prospective study on Maresin-1 and cytokine levels in medication-naïve adolescents with first-episode major depressive disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- A rapid review of emergency department interventions for children and young people presenting with suicidal ideation.BJPsych open · 2022Review
- Association between Childhood Suicidal Ideation and Geriatric Depression in Japan: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Parents' Attitudes Toward and Experience of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents: A Qualitative Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Understanding the Needs of Young People Who Engage in Self-Harm: A Qualitative Investigation.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Treatment Engagement in Specific Psychological Treatment vs. Treatment as Usual for Adolescents With Self-Harm: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Addressing Suicide Risk According to Different Healthcare Professionals in Spain: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
We reviewed the evidence for the effectiveness of indicated individual psychosocial interventions for the treatment of self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in children and young people, with a particular emphasis on the emerging use of electronic methods to deliver psychological interventions. In total, 16 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) were identified, none of which included children under the age of 12 years. Cognitive-behavioural therapy is the most commonly implemented approach in RCTs until now, although problem-solving therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, social support and distal support methods by provision of a green card and regular receipt of postcards have also been investigated. Young people have been recruited into RCTs within schools, outpatient clinics, emergency departments and inpatient facilities. Face-to-face delivery of therapy has dominated the intervention trials thus far; however, the use of the internet, social media and mobile devices to deliver interventions to young people and other family members allows for a more novel approach to suicide prevention in youth going forward.
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