Brown CT-SP
Cognitive Therapy for Prevention of Suicide Attempts
Patient / Population Intervention / Exposure Comparison Outcome
In 120 adults seen in an emergency department after a suicide attempt, 10 sessions of cognitive therapy + enhanced usual care reduced 18-month re-attempt compared with enhanced usual care alone.
N
120
Design
RCT, USA
Endpoint
Suicide re-attempt at 18 months
Relevance
2
ResultRe-attempt 24.1% (CT) vs 41.6% (UC); NNT ≈ 6.
Brown GK, et al. JAMA. 2005;294(5):563-570. 10.1001/jama.294.5.563
Discussion & critique
One of the few interventions with a documented re-attempt reduction; underlies modern brief CBT-SP protocols.