Interventions of choice for the prevention and treatment of suicidal behaviours: An umbrella review

Teresa Sufrate-Sorzano; Iván Santolalla-Arnedo; María Elena Garrote-Cámara; Beatriz Angulo-Nalda; Ruth Cotelo-Sáenz; Roland Pastells-Peiró; Filip Bellon; Joan Blanco-Blanco; Raúl Juárez-Vela; Fidel Molina-Luque

doi:10.1002/nop2.1820

Interventions of choice for the prevention and treatment of suicidal behaviours: An umbrella review

Nurs Open. 2023 Aug;10(8):4959-4970. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1820. Epub 2023 May 22.

Authors

Teresa Sufrate-Sorzano^{1

2}, Iván Santolalla-Arnedo^{1

2}, María Elena Garrote-Cámara¹, Beatriz Angulo-Nalda³, Ruth Cotelo-Sáenz⁴, Roland Pastells-Peiró^{5

6

7}, Filip Bellon^{8

9}, Joan Blanco-Blanco^{7

8

9}, Raúl Juárez-Vela^{1

2}, Fidel Molina-Luque^{10

11

12}

Affiliations

¹ Reserch Unit on Integrated Health Care (INCUiSA), Biomedical Research Center of La Rioja (CIBIR), Logroño, Spain.
² Department of Nursing, GRUPAC, University of La Rioja, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.
³ Rioja Health Service, Coordinator Saint Peter's Hospital, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.
⁴ Rioja Health Service, Primary Care Coordination, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.
⁵ Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy. Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida. Healthcare Group (GRECS), Lleida, Spain.
⁶ Institute of Biomedical Research in Lleida (IRBLleida), Lleida, Spain.
⁷ Group for the Study of Society Health Education and Culture (GESEC), Lleida, Spain.
⁸ Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
⁹ Health Care Research Group (GRECS) Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, IRBLleida, Lleida, Spain.
¹⁰ Faculty of Education, Psychology and Social Work, University of Lleida, Spain.
¹¹ Group for the Study of Society, Health, Education and Culture (GESEC), University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
¹² Research Institute in Social and Territorial Development (INDEST), University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain.

Abstract

Aim: This umbrella review aims to determine which interventions can be considered as effective in the prevention and treatment of suicidal behaviour.

Design: Umbrella review.

Methods: A systematic search was conducted of works indexed in the PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Scopus, ISI Web of Knowledge and Joanna Institute Briggs databases. The search covered works published from 2011 to 2020.

Results: The scientific literature shows that, in addition to being the most prevalent interventions in use, dialectical and cognitive behavioural therapies are the most effective in the treatment and management of suicide attempts and suicidal ideation. It is shown that the prevention and treatment of suicidal behaviour requires multidisciplinary and comprehensive management. Among the interventions that stand out the most are the promotion of providing coping tools, work based on thought and behaviour, and behavioural, psychoanalytic and psychodynamic therapies for the management of emotions.

Keywords: attempted suicide; risk factors; risk reduction behaviour; suicidal ideation; suicide.

Publication types

Review
Systematic Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy*
Emotions
Humans
Suicidal Ideation*
Suicide, Attempted / prevention & control
Suicide, Attempted / psychology
Systematic Reviews as Topic