@article{ref1,
title="Ultra-brief crisis IPT-A based intervention for suicidal children and adolescents (IPT-A-SCI) pilot study results",
journal="Frontiers in psychiatry",
year="2020",
author="Haruvi Catalan, Liat and Levis Frenk, Mira and Adini Spigelman, Ella and Engelberg, Yair and Barzilay, Shira and Mufson, Laura and Apter, Alan and Benaroya Milshtein, Noa and Fennig, Silvana and Klomek, Anat Brunstein",
volume="11",
number="",
pages="e553422-e553422",
abstract="In recent years, suicidal behaviors have shown substantial increase worldwide. This  trend is also prominent in Israel and has led to a dramatic increase in mental  health treatment demand resulting in long wait times and low treatment acceptance  rate. To address the critical need in crisis intervention for children and  adolescents at suicidal risk we developed an ultra-brief acute crisis intervention,  based on Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). IPT is an evidence-based intervention  for various psychopathologies among different age groups. The current adaptation of  IPT-A is comprised of five weekly sessions, followed by monthly follow-up caring  email contacts to the patients and their parents, over a period of 3 months. This  paper aims to review the theoretical foundation of this intervention, describe the  research design, and present preliminary results of a pilot study. Preliminary  Results from our samples of 26 adolescents indicate meaningful trends for both the  suicidal ideation (SIQ) and depression (MFQ) outcome measures. Significant  interaction was found concerning suicidal ideation but not for depression. Main  limitations include small sample size and stratified controls. The treatment appears  to be safe, feasible and acceptable and initial results show promising trends to  support further study of the approach.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-0640",
doi="10.3389/fpsyt.2020.553422",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.553422"
}