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Robert Paul Liberman, MD; Thad Eckman, PhD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1981;38(10):1126-1130.

Abstract
• A behavior therapy package was compared with insightoriented therapy in a clinical trial for repeated suicide attempters. Self-report measures of depression, anxiety, and assertiveness were obtained before and after ten days of inpatient treatment and at follow-up intervals for nine months. Interviews with patients during a two-year follow-up period elicited frequency of suicidal attempts and ideation. Results indicated the superiority of the behavior therapy package, with the structured, brief hospitalization and assertive follow-up likely contributing to the main effects.

Author Affiliations
From the Mental Health Research Center for the Study of Schizophrenia, Clinical Research Center for the Study of Schizophrenia and Rehabilitation and Training Center (Brentwood Veterans Administration Medical Center; Camarillo State Hospital; Department of Psychiatry, UCLA), Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 6, 1981.

Reprint requests to Research Centers, Rehabilitation Medicine Service, Brentwood Veterans Administration Medical Center, 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073 (Dr Liberman).

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