Psychosocial interventions for self-harm in adults

CONCLUSIONS: Overall, there were significant methodological limitations across the trials included in this review. Given the moderate or very low quality of the available evidence, there is only uncertain evidence regarding a number of psychosocial interventions for adults who engage in SH. Psychosocial therapy based on CBT approaches may result in fewer individuals repeating SH at longer follow-up time points, although no such effect was found at the post-intervention assessment and the quality of evidence, according to the GRADE criteria, was low. Given findings in single trials, or trials by the same author group, both MBT and group-based emotion regulation therapy should be further developed and evaluated in adults. DBT may also lead to a reduction in frequency of SH. Other interventions were mostly evaluated in single trials of moderate to very low quality such that the evidence relating to the use of these interventions is inconclusive at present.PMID:33884617 | DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD013668.pub2

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - April 22, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Katrina G Witt Sarah E Hetrick Gowri Rajaram Philip Hazell Tatiana L Taylor Salisbury Ellen Townsend Keith Hawton Source Type: research