A Randomized Controlled Trial: Attachment-Based Family and Nondirective Supportive Treatments for Youth Who Are Suicidal

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 721-731

  Diamond, Guy S ^a   Kobak, R Roger ^b   Krauthamer Ewing, E Stephanie ^a   Levy, Suzanne A ^a   Herres, Joanna L ^c   Russon, Jody M ^d   Gallop, Robert J ^e  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; depression; suicide; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTACHMENT BASED FAMILY THERAPY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY ENHANCED NONDIRECTIVE SUPPORTIVE THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NATIVE HAWAIIAN; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION QUESTIONNAIRE JUNIOR SCORE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OBJECT RELATION; PENNSYLVANIA; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PENNSYLVANIA; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 85061819468     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.10.006     Document Type: Article

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