%0 Journal Article
%T Behavioural, psychological, and temperamental predictors of risk suicide trend after brief psychodynamic psychotherapy
%J European review for medical and pharmacological sciences
%D 2014
%A Angeletti, G.
%A D'onofrio, M.
%A Lai, C.
%A Tambelli, R.
%A Aceto, Paola
%A Girardi, Paolo
%V 18
%N 7
%P 1001-1009
%X BACKGROUND: Evidence has shown that psychotherapy is effective for depression, whereas the outcome for suicide risk is unclear. <br><br>AIM: It was to investigate whether possible pre-treatment predictors of suicide risk (SR) decrease after a brief psychodynamic psychotherapy treatment and at follow-up. <br><br>PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty-one patients were assessed at: baseline (T0) for clinical history, clinical family history, physical diseases, type of suffered abuse; after the treatment (T1); and, at six-month follow-up (T2) for mood ratings, temperamental features, and SR levels. <br><br>RESULTS: The levels of depression and cyclothymia decreased at T1 and T2 compared to T0; however, the distribution of the patients with high SR level was similar between T0 and T1, and at T2 it increased. T1-T0 SR (Δ1SR) was correlated with suicidality in the last month and with depression levels at T0; T2-T0 SR (Δ2SR) was correlated with many historical, clinical, and temperamental variables; T2-T1 SR (Δ3SR) was correlated with the presence of previous psychotherapy, abuse, and anxiety. Linear regression models revealed that Δ1SR was predicted by the suicidality in the last month; Δ2SR was not significantly predicted by any variable; and, Δ3SR was predicted by anxiety. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The treatment was able to decrease the depression but not the SR. <br><br>FINDINGS confirm the difficulty of affecting SR and the importance of carefully considering the anxiety and the previous experiences of abuse in order to manage the interruption of the psychotherapy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Verduci
%@ 1128-3602
%U http://dx.doi.org/