{"id":478,"date":"2025-11-22T08:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/?p=478"},"modified":"2025-11-22T08:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:04:04","slug":"new-study-reveals-clues-for-why-some-treatments-are-better-than-others-at-reducing-suicide-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/2025\/11\/22\/new-study-reveals-clues-for-why-some-treatments-are-better-than-others-at-reducing-suicide-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"New study reveals clues for why some treatments are better than others at reducing suicide risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why does \ud835\uddd5\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf3 \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddd5\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf9 \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfd\ud835\ude06 (\ud835\uddd5\ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddd5\ud835\udde7) consistently outperform other treatments in preventing suicide attempts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new meta-analysis offers a powerful clue: it&#8217;s not just the therapy\u2014it&#8217;s the way we assess suicide risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across 23 clinical trials, treatments that used a \ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude00\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddee\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01\u2014inviting patients to tell the unfolding story of their suicidal struggles\u2014were associated with significant reductions in suicide attempts. Treatments that relied on traditional, checklist-style risk interviews did not show the same benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curious about the full analysis?<br>\ud83d\udcc4 Read it here: <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2841680\">https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2841680<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why does \ud835\uddd5\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf3 \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddd5\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf9 \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfd\ud835\ude06 (\ud835\uddd5\ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddd5\ud835\udde7) consistently outperform other treatments in preventing suicide attempts? A new meta-analysis offers a powerful clue: it&#8217;s not just the therapy\u2014it&#8217;s the way we assess suicide risk. Across 23 clinical trials, treatments that used a \ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude00\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddee\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01\u2014inviting patients to tell the unfolding story of their suicidal struggles\u2014were associated &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/2025\/11\/22\/new-study-reveals-clues-for-why-some-treatments-are-better-than-others-at-reducing-suicide-risk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New study reveals clues for why some treatments are better than others at reducing suicide risk&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10435,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/strengthens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}