Cognitive therapy effective in preventing repeat suicide attempts
...rticularly applicable for the treatment of suicide attempters at community mental health centers, which typically provide relatively short-term therapy. Additional studies are warranted to examine the feasibility, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of this intervention in community-based mental health and s...Cognitive therapy reduces repeat suicide attempts by 50 percent
Recent suicide attempters treated with cognitive therapy were 50 percent les...chers first screened hundreds of potential suicide attempters admitted to the emergency room of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, ul...New study reveals attempted suicide often a snap decision fuelled by drugs and alcohol
...year," says Dr Wyder. "The majority of the suicide attempters in this study described impaired thinking, and were driven by anger, loss, hurt, depression, anxiety and stress, which at times, was greatly exacerbated by drugs and alcohol use. "The suicide survivors I spoke to made the decision to self-harm becaus...Cholesterol levels discounted as a biological marker for suicide risk among alcoholics
...they had attempted suicide during their lifetimes: attempters versus non-attempters, and attempters who used a violent versus a non-violent suicide method were compared. Researchers analyzed the part...