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Increases in suicide attempts and completions in the U.S. over the past decade highlight a critical need for effective treatments. A new systematic review, updating one from 2013, incorporates recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of suicide treatments.
Among nonmedication treatments, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) continues to be most strongly associated with reductions in both ideation and attempts. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) had somewhat weaker efficacy, but this may be an artifact of the subjects and the comparison treatments studied. Three RCTs of brief intervention, which emphasizes brief but ongoing contacts with a trained professional over 18 months, showed an association with reduced incidence of completed suicide (…