Citation

Smith AR, Kinkel-Ram S, Grunwald W, George TS, Raval V. Brain Sci. 2022; 12(2).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Switzerland Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) AG)

DOI

10.3390/brainsci12020237

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Although 20% of the world's suicides occur in India, suicide prevention efforts in India are lagging (Vijayakumar et al., 2021). Identification of risk factors for suicide in India, as well as the development of accessible interventions to treat these risk factors, could help reduce suicide in India. Interoceptive dysfunction--or an inability to recognize internal sensations in the body-- has emerged as a robust correlate of suicidality among studies conducted in the United States. Additionally, a mindfulness-informed intervention designed to reduce interoceptive dysfunction, and thereby suicidality, has yielded promising initial effects in pilot testing (Smith et al., 2021). The current studies sought to replicate these findings in an Indian context. Study 1 (n = 276) found that specific aspects of interoceptive dysfunction were related to current, past, and future likelihood of suicidal ideation. Study 2 (n = 40) was a small, uncontrolled pre-post online pilot of the intervention, Reconnecting to Internal Sensations and Experiences (RISE). The intervention was rated as highly acceptable and demonstrated good retention. Additionally, the intervention was associated with improvements in certain aspects of interoceptive dysfunction and reductions in suicidal ideation and eating pathology. These preliminary results suggest further testing of the intervention among Indian samples is warranted. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; cognition; Suicide; female; male; India; pilot study; suicidal ideation; mindfulness; knowledge; suicidal behavior; pain; risk factor; awareness; major clinical study; questionnaire; attention; self report; emotion; follow up; cross-sectional study; mental deficiency; data analysis; trust; Article; outcome assessment; feasibility study; Brief Symptom Inventory; young adult; sensation; clinical outcome; mental disease assessment; Online intervention; preliminary data; data quality; interoception; data quality assessment; Interoception; interoceptive dysfunction; Interoceptive dysfunction