Practitioner Review: Common elements in treatments for youth suicide attempts and self-harm – a practitioner review based on review of treatment elements associated with intervention benefits
This review of 18 trials identifies five common elements among effective therapies: (a) inclusion of therapy for both the youth and family/caregivers; (b) an emphasis on relationship-building and the therapeutic alliance; (c) utilization of an individualized case conceptualization to guide treatment; (d) provided skills training (e.g. emotion regulation skills) to both youth and their parents/caregivers; and (e) lethal means restriction counseling as part of self-harm monitoring and safety planning
Meza, J.I., Zullo, L., Vargas, S.M., Ougrin, D. and Asarnow, J.R. (2023), J Child Psychol Psychiatr, 64: 1409-1421. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13780
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