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The Coping Long Term with Active Suicide Program: Description and Pilot Data
Author(s) -
Miller Ivan W.,
Gaudiano Brandon A.,
Weinstock Lauren M.
Publication year - 2016
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.12247
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , intervention (counseling) , randomized controlled trial , suicide prevention , psychology , phone , medicine , medical emergency , poison control , clinical psychology , psychiatry , surgery , linguistics , philosophy
A description of and pilot data for a new adjunctive intervention designed to reduce suicidal behavior among high‐risk individuals are presented. The Coping Long Term with Active Suicide Program ( CLASP ) has three major components: (1) three individual, in‐person meetings, (2) one significant other/family meeting, and (3) 11 brief (15–30 minute) phone contacts with the patient and his/her significant other. Open trial and pilot randomized trial data provide preliminary evidence that CLASP is a feasible, acceptable, and efficacious intervention to reduce suicidal behavior.