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Specific psychological treatment versus treatment as usual in adolescents with self-harm: systematic review and
1King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, London, UK. dennis.ougrin@kcl.ac.uk
Background:
Despite recent advances in the understanding and treatment of self-harm, poor engagement with therapy remains a serious problem.
Aims:
To investigate whether offering specific psychological treatment (SPT) leads to better engagement than offering treatment as usual (TAU) in adolescents who have self-harmed.
Methods:
Data sources were identified by searching Medline, PsychINFO, EMBASE, and PubMed for randomized controlled trials comparing SPT versus TAU in adolescents presenting with self-harm.
Results:
Seven studies met inclusion criteria, and six were entered into the meta-analysis. There was no statistically significant difference between the number of subjects not completing four or more sessions of an SPT (27.7%, 70/253) than TAU (43.3%, 106/245), RR = 0.71 (95% CI: 0.49-1.05).
Conclusions:
Engaging adolescents with psychological treatment is necessary although not sufficient to achieve treatment goals. Further research is needed to develop tools for maximizing engagement.
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