ArticlePsychotherapy and psychosomatics2023
Brief Psychotherapeutic Intervention Compared with Treatment as Usual for Adolescents with Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Outcomes over a 2-4-Year Follow-Up.
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- Cognitive Behavior Therapy With and Without Narrative Assessment and Suicide Attempts: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
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- Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: A Narrative Review.Alpha psychiatry · 2026Review
- Personality functioning improvements in adolescents from an early intervention clinic for personality disorders.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Research Review: What we have learned about early detection and intervention of borderline personality disorder.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Review
- Mortality in adolescents after therapeutic intervention for self-harm: A systematic review and meta-analysis.JCPP advances · 2025Article
- Interventions for adolescent depression comorbid with non-suicidal self-injury: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- The association of family functioning and suicide in children and adolescents: positive behavior recognition and non-suicidal self-injury as sequential mediators.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Age dependent effects of early intervention in borderline personality disorder in adolescents.Psychological medicine · 2024Article
- The evaluation of a stepped care approach for early intervention of borderline personality disorder.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2024Article
- Say farewell to bland regression reporting: Three forest plot variations for visualizing linear models.PloS one · 2024Article
- Clinical benefits and challenges of ecological momentary assessment in individuals who self-injure and seek mental health treatment.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
introductionThe "Cutting Down Programme" (CDP), a brief psychotherapeutic intervention for treating nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents, was comparable to high-quality treatment as usual (TAU) in a previous randomized controlled trial (RCT).
objectiveThe aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes of the CDP over up to 4 years.
methodsAssessments of NSSI, suicide attempts, borderline personality disorder (BPD), depression, and quality of life took place 2 to 4 years (T3) after enrollment in a RCT. The evolution of NSSI, suicide attempts, depression, and quality of life was analyzed using (generalized) linear mixed-effects models. Ordered logistic regression was used for analyzing BPD diagnoses. Data from T0, T2, and T3 are reported.
resultsOut of 74 patients, 70 (95%) were included in the T3 assessment. The frequency of NSSI events alongside with suicide attempts and depression further decreased between T2 and T3 and BPD between T0 and T3 in both groups. Quality of life remained stable in both groups between T2 and T3. Both groups received substantial but comparable additional treatment between T2 and T3. More treatment sessions during the follow-up period were linked to larger improvements of NSSI.
conclusionsThe CDP was found to be as effective as TAU in promoting recovery from NSSI and comorbid symptoms in the long term. Results suggest that treatment effects from a brief psychotherapeutic intervention may endure and even further improve after completion of the program. However, additional treatment seems to improve chances for recovery independent from CDP versus TAU.
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