Effect of frequent assessment of suicidal thinking on its incidence and severity: high-resolution real-time monitoring study

Autor: Matthew K. Nock, April L. Yeager, Daniel D. L. Coppersmith, Patrick Mair, Rebecca G. Fortgang, Evan M. Kleiman, Alexander J. Millner
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science. 220(1)
ISSN: 1472-1465
Popis: SummaryResearchers, clinicians and patients are increasingly using real-time monitoring methods to understand and predict suicidal thoughts and behaviours. These methods involve frequently assessing suicidal thoughts, but it is not known whether asking about suicide repeatedly is iatrogenic. We tested two questions about this approach: (a) does repeatedly assessing suicidal thinking over short periods of time increase suicidal thinking, and (b) is more frequent assessment of suicidal thinking associated with more severe suicidal thinking? In a real-time monitoring study (n = 101 participants, n = 12 793 surveys), we found no evidence to support the notion that repeated assessment of suicidal thoughts is iatrogenic.
Databáze: OpenAIRE