Citation

Oldershaw A, Simic M, Grima E, Jollant F, Richards C, Taylor L, Schmidt U. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2012; 42(3): 255-265.

Affiliation

Anna Oldershaw, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK; MimaSimic, Croydon Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, UK; EmanuelaGrima, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK;FabriceJollant, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK, Department of Psychiatry & Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada;Clair Richards, Croydon Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, UK; LucyTaylor, Croydon Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, UK;Ulrike Schmidt, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.0087.x

PMID

22435932

Abstract

Research shows poor decision making in adolescents who self-harm and a positive correlation between decision-making abilities and duration since last self-harm episode. This exploratory study investigated whether decision making in self-harming adolescents could be improved through treatment with a novel cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). It also investigated whether improvement in decision making following treatment was linked to self-harm cessation. Adolescent self-harmers receiving CBT (n = 24) or no treatment (n = 9) and healthy controls (n = 22) were longitudinally compared on the Iowa gambling task (IGT). Significant IGT improvements were only observed for adolescents who self-harm following CBT. CBT may benefit adolescent self-harmers and generate decision-making improvements.

Language: en