Brown CT-SP

Cognitive Therapy for Prevention of Suicide Attempts

Patient / Population Intervention / Exposition Vergleich Endpunkt

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
Endpunkt
Suicide re-attempt at 18 months
Relevanz
2
ErgebnisRe-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
Diskussion & Kritik

One of the few interventions with a documented re-attempt reduction; underlies modern brief CBT-SP protocols.