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Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behavior with a Puerto Rican Male Adolescent
Yovanska Duarté-Vélez1, Judelysse Gomez1, Gisela Jiménez Colón2
1Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (DPHB), Brow University, Box G-BH, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.
Abstract:
In 2015, fifteen percent of Puerto Rican adolescents attempted suicide. In general, females have more suicidal thoughts while males are more likely to die by suicide. However, few evidence-based treatments have been developed for this population.
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to illustrate the therapeutic process of a male Puerto Rican adolescent treated with the Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behavior (SCBT-SB), a culturally informed protocol, and to discuss how developmental, feminist, and family system perspectives were incorporated in the SCBT-SB treatment model.
Method:
A case study is presented: Julio received the SCBT-SB after a psychiatric hospitalization subsequent to threating to commit suicide. Baseline and post-treatment assessments evaluated diagnosis, risk factors (e.g. hopelessness), treatment satisfaction, and suicidal behaviors.
Results:
Julio demonstrated clinically significant change in depressive symptoms, hopelessness, suicidal ideation, and aggressive/impulsive behaviors.
Conclusions:
The SCBT-SB was feasible to implement and proved acceptable to the client and his family.
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