Written Exposure Therapy for Suicide in a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit: A Case Series

for STRONG STAR Consortium

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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.

Idioma originalEnglish (US)
Páginas (desde-hasta)924-937
Número de páginas14
PublicaciónCognitive and Behavioral Practice
Volumen29
N.º4
DOI
EstadoPublished - nov 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Psychology

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