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Intropunitiveness and Parasuicide: Prediction of Interview Response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. Goldberg  and
I. Sakinofsky
J. Goldberg*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry; Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
I. Sakinofsky
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and St Michael's Hospital
*
∗Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, 250 College Street, Toronto, Canada, M5T 1R8
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Abstract

A recently proposed relationship between intropunitiveness and depressive states was examined in interview intervention with parasuicidal in-patients. To test the prediction that highly intropunitive parasuicidal individuals would be most responsive to cognitive intervention, a sample of 48 parasuicidal in-patients were administered a battery of individual difference measures, including the Hostility Questionnaire. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of three interview procedures, namely a cognitive interview, an affective interview or a waiting period (control). Highly intropunitive individuals in the cognitive interview group showed the most improvements on a self-report depressive symptom change measure. In addition to supporting theoretical models of depressive state changes, the study has important clinical implications because of the need to identify parasuicidal individuals who are most likely to benefit from brief interventions.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue 6 , December 1988 , pp. 801 - 804
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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