@article{ref1,
title="Written exposure therapy for suicide in a psychiatric inpatient unit: a case series",
journal="Cognitive and behavioral practice",
year="2021",
author="Tyler, Hannah and Fina, Brooke A. and Marx, Brian P. and Young-McCaughan, Stacey and Sloan, Denise M. and Kaplan, Alexander M. and Green, Vanessa R. and Blankenship, Abby and Bryan, Craig J. and Peterson, Alan L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at an elevated risk of suicide. For patients hospitalized for suicide risk, psychosocial treatment and stabilization are routinely offered; however, the availability of evidence-based, manualized therapeutic interventions for PTSD is sparse. Typically, the short duration of hospitalization makes it difficult to accommodate evidence-based, trauma-focused treatments. This article presents the clinical course of four active-duty service members with PTSD who were hospitalized in a psychiatric inpatient unit for acute suicide risk and treated with Written Exposure Therapy for Suicide (WET-S). WET-S is a brief, five-session therapy based upon Written Exposure Therapy and augmented with Crisis Response Planning for Suicide Prevention. Both posttraumatic stress symptoms and suicidal ideation were reduced from pre- to posttreatment for three of the four patients treated. WET-S shows promise as a manualized therapeutic intervention that can be delivered on an inpatient psychiatric unit.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-7229",
doi="10.1016/j.cbpra.2021.06.011",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2021.06.011"
}