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Citation

Rozek DC, Keane C, Sippel LM, Stein JY, Rollo-Carlson C, Bryan CJ. Early Interv. Psychiatry 2019; 13(3): 682-685.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/eip.12699

PMID

29943518

Abstract

AIM: This study examined the short-term effects of a brief crisis intervention on optimism of acutely suicidal soldiers.

METHODS: U.S. Soldiers (N = 97) presenting for an emergency mental health appointment in a military emergency department or behavioural health clinic were randomly assigned to treatment as usual standard crisis response plan, or enhanced crisis response plan (E-CRP). This study is used a subsample of the original clinical trial (n = 64) for those who completed self-report measures of optimism (Life Orientation Test-Revised) prior to receiving any intervention and a secondary self-report assessment one-month following the intervention.

RESULTS: Results indicate that individuals with low baseline optimism who received the E-CRP had significant increases in optimism 1 month post-intervention.

CONCLUSION: This provides evidence that discussing a patient's reasons for living during a CRP increases optimism in those high-risk patients with the lowest baseline optimism.

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.


Language: en

Keywords

crisis response plan; military; suicide

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