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Family Centered Brief Intensive Treatment: A Pilot Study of an Outpatient Treatment for Acute Suicidal Ideation
Author(s) -
Anastasia Trena T.,
HumphriesWadsworth Terresa,
Pepper Carolyn M.,
Pearson Timothy M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/sltb.12114
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , medicine , depression (economics) , suicide prevention , poison control , psychiatry , injury prevention , medical emergency , economics , macroeconomics
Family Centered Brief Intensive Treatment ( FC BIT ), a hospital diversion treatment program for individuals with acute suicidal ideation, was developed to treat suicidal clients and their families. Individuals who met criteria for hospitalization were treated as outpatients using FC BIT ( n = 19) or an intensive outpatient treatment without the family component ( IOP ; n = 24). Clients receiving FC BIT identified family members or supportive others to participate in therapy. FC BIT clients had significantly greater improvement at the end of treatment compared to IOP clients on measures of depression, hopelessness, and suicidality. Further research is needed to test the efficacy of FC BIT .