Levi-Belz Yossi, Gamliel Eyal
a Department of Behavioural Sciences , Ruppin Academic Center , Emek Hefer , Israel.
Psychother Res. 2016 Jul;26(4):436-45. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2015.1013161. Epub 2015 Mar 9.
The interpersonal theory of suicide posits that perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness are two causal interactive suicidal risk factors. The aim of this study was to examine whether therapists are affected by these factors upon assessing patients' suicide risk.
Using an experimental design, 388 mental health professionals were presented with a text vignette describing a hypothetical patient with either high or low perceived burdensomeness and with either high or low thwarted belongingness.
The findings revealed that both factors affected therapists' risk assessment of psychache, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and resilience.
The study results highlight the interpersonal theory as an important theory for understanding the factors upon which therapists and mental health professionals rely when assessing suicide risk.
自杀人际理论认为,感知到的负担感和归属感受挫是两个相互作用的自杀风险因素。本研究的目的是检验治疗师在评估患者自杀风险时是否会受到这些因素的影响。
采用实验设计,向388名心理健康专业人员展示一段文本 vignette,描述一个感知到的负担感高或低、归属感受挫程度高或低的假设患者。
研究结果表明,这两个因素都会影响治疗师对精神痛苦、自杀意念、自杀未遂和心理韧性的风险评估。
研究结果突出了人际理论作为理解治疗师和心理健康专业人员在评估自杀风险时所依赖因素的重要理论。