Citation

Eggert LL, Thompson EA, Randell BP, Pike KC. J. Child Adolesc. Psychiatr. Nurs. 2002; 15(2): 48-64.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1744-6171.2002.tb00326.x

PMID

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Abstract

Problem: Few empirically tested, school-based, suicide-prevention programs exist. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the postintervention efficacy of Counselors-CARE (C-CAST) and Coping and Support Training (CAST) vs. 'usual care' controls for reducing suicide risk.

METHODS: A randomized prevention trial; 341 potential dropouts, 14 to 19 years old, from seven high schools (52% female, 56% minorities) participated. Trend analyses using data from three time points assessed over time changes. Finding: Significant decreases occurred for all youth in suicide-risk behaviors, depression, and drug involvement. Intervention-specific effects occurred for decreases in depression.

CONCLUSION: School-based prevention approaches are feasible and show promise for reducing suicidal behaviors and related depression.

Language: en

Keywords

addiction; adolescent; Adolescent; adult; Adult; article; clinical trial; controlled clinical trial; controlled study; crisis intervention; Crisis Intervention; depression; Depression; female; Female; High-risk youth; human; Humans; male; Male; methodology; multicenter study; multivariate analysis; Multivariate Analysis; Northwestern United States; randomized controlled trial; Reducing adolescents' suicide risk; regression analysis; Regression Analysis; school health service; School Health Services; School-based prevention; Substance-Related Disorders; suicide; Suicide; United States