Group Problem-Solving Training as a Low-Intensity Psychosocial Intervention for Suicidal Outpatients: An Implementation Study

Dóra Perczel-Forintos

doi:10.26717/bjstr.2021.34.005521

Abstract

Suicide is a very complex phenomenon with psychological, social, biological, cultural and environmental factors involved...

Highlights

Suicide is a very complex phenomenon with psychological, social, biological, cultural and environmental factors involved
Conclusions: the findings indicate that Group Problem-Solving Training (G-Problem solving training (PST)) is an effective low-intensity brief intervention which contributes significantly to the improvements of modifiable risk factors of suicide
Missing data was handled by multiple imputation using the Fully Conditional Specification method (FCS)

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Introduction

Suicide is a very complex phenomenon with psychological, social, biological, cultural and environmental factors involved. Clinical studies show that untreated major depression and bipolar disorder are the most important risk factors, 90% of all suicide-related death occur among patients with current major psychiatric disorders [3,4]. The starting point of the hopelessness theory of suicide is that not the low mood or depression per se but the loss of perspective of the future, namely hopelessness can be viewed as the final stage before suicide It has been a wellestablished finding that hopelessness is a key factor in increasing the risk of suicidal behaviour and it has a predictive value for the repetition of suicide attempts as well as for completed suicides up to 10 years later [7]. Problem solving training (PST) as a low intensity brief cognitive-behavioural intervention can be effective in suicide prevention

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