The purpose of the study is to test whether cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) offered by trained therapists, to people with current active suicidal ideations, is efficacious as a secondary prevention strategy in Sri Lanka, when compared with treatment as usual provided by Medical Officers (Mental Health; MO (MH)) of government hospitals
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
68
Will receive a series of sessions of cognitive behaviour therapy. Delivery of CBT will be by three therapists; PI and two other Medical Officers. Each session will last for 30- 45 minutes and they will be delivered at the participant's residence (or at an alternative place of participant's choice) at two weeks intervals. They will be followed-up for three months from the cessation of CBT sessions.
Will be referred to the MO(MH). They also will be followed-up for an equal length of time period as of the participants in the intervention group.
Institute for Research & Development
Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
Presence of active suicidal ideations during the follow-up period
Time frame: three months after the cessation of intervention
Impulsiveness Suicide attempts and completed suicides Client satisfaction Probability of common mental disorders Adherence to treatment regime Retention in the treatment regime Quality of life
Time frame: three months after the cessation of intervention
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