Why does ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ (๐๐๐๐ง) consistently outperform other treatments in preventing suicide attempts?
A new meta-analysis offers a powerful clue: it’s not just the therapyโit’s the way we assess suicide risk.
Across 23 clinical trials, treatments that used a ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐โinviting patients to tell the unfolding story of their suicidal strugglesโwere associated with significant reductions in suicide attempts. Treatments that relied on traditional, checklist-style risk interviews did not show the same benefit.
This finding reinforces what many clinicians have observed firsthand: when people feel heard, understood, and empowered to share their lived experience, treatment changes in meaningful ways.
Curious about the full analysis?
๐ Read it here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2841680