{"id":33,"date":"2025-10-10T08:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2025-11-05T23:23:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T04:23:28","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light wp-duotone-unset-1\" style=\"line-height:0\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-2186209178.mp4\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><\/video><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-c81ccf506b46c91ec7bade978c94353c\">Our Research<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-a29569d0c0db58b16e42117fbe286b79\" style=\"color:#154734\">Making treatments work better<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-1271881242.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-1271881242.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-271 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-1271881242.jpg 724w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-1271881242-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">Dr. Bryan co-developed <strong>Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (BCBT) for Suicide Prevention<\/strong> and <strong>Crisis Response Planning (CRP)<\/strong>, two new generation therapies that have been shown to rapidly reduce suicidal thinking and risk for suicide attempts. BCBT is a 10-12-session psychological treatment that teaches people how to reduce emotional distress and change how they react to stressful situations. CRP is a central component of BCBT that can be used in a wide range of settings and readily integrated with other mental health treatments. Our research shows that BCBT and CRP reduces suicide attempts by up to 75% as compared to other mental health treatments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-d51bcf4f01c0ec1a4f86431f7060d0a5\" style=\"color:#154734\">Making treatments work faster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-176775089-1.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-176775089-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-176775089-1.jpg 725w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-176775089-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">Our team has pioneered the development and testing of <strong>massed therapy<\/strong> approaches for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In massed therapy, treatment sessions are scheduled every day during shortened timeframes (usually 2 weeks) instead of once a week for several months. This approach dramatically speeds up recovery time. More recently, we found that adding CRP to massed therapies for PTSD leads to faster reductions in suicidal thinking among people with PTSD. We are now testing the feasibility and effectiveness of <strong>massed BCBT<\/strong> to determine if we can similarly speed up reductions in suicidal thinking among people with other diagnoses.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-452df78f78e40c91d1a2d414b35ab6b5\" style=\"color:#154734\">Making treatments easier to access<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-1462162399.jpg);background-position:81% 91%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-1462162399.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-1462162399.jpg 724w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-1462162399-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">Many people are unable to find qualified mental health professionals in their communities, cannot afford mental health treatment, or cannot easily attend mental health treatment sessions in-person. To ensure <em>everyone <\/em>experiencing suicidal thoughts and suicidal despair can easily access BCBT, our team has developed and tested BCBT and other treatments when delivered remotely via <strong>telehealth <\/strong>and <strong>smartphone apps<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-17e55c0cf70d9982d104990c6d2a651a\" style=\"color:#154734\">Mapping trajectories of risk and recovery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-2159545843.jpg);background-position:66% 45%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-2159545843.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-2159545843.jpg 788w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-2159545843-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/files\/2025\/11\/iStock-2159545843-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>There is no single cause of suicide or pathway to suicide.<\/strong> For some people, suicide occurs after lengthy and prolonged periods of deliberate and intense planning whereas for others, suicide occurs suddenly in response to an unexpected life circumstance, without much forethought. Around half of those who attempt suicide have a psychological disorder like depression or anxiety but the other half do not. Our team seeks to understand the <strong>different pathways people follow<\/strong> when experiencing suicidal thoughts and urges, how people become suicidal and how they recover from those states, and which strategies work best for each pathway. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making treatments work better Dr. Bryan co-developed Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (BCBT) for Suicide Prevention and Crisis Response Planning (CRP), two new generation therapies that have been shown to rapidly reduce suicidal thinking and risk for suicide attempts. BCBT is a 10-12-session psychological treatment that teaches people how to reduce emotional distress and change how &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/research\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Our Research&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10435,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":137,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}