The Effect of Cognitive Behavior Therapy on Decision Making in Adolescents who Self-Harm: A Pilot Study

Anna Oldershaw; Mima Simic; Emanuela Grima; Fabrice Jollant; Clair Richards; Lucy Taylor; Ulrike Schmidt

doi:10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.0087.x

The Effect of Cognitive Behavior Therapy on Decision Making in Adolescents who Self-Harm: A Pilot Study

Anna Oldershaw, Mima Simic, Emanuela Grima, Fabrice Jollant, Clair Richards, Lucy Taylor, Ulrike Schmidt

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Research shows poor decision making in adolescents who self-harm and a positive correlation between decision-making abilities and duration since last self-harm episode. This exploratory study investigated whether decision making in self-harming adolescents could be improved through treatment with a novel cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). It also investigated whether improvement in decision making following treatment was linked to self-harm cessation. Adolescent self-harmers receiving CBT (n = 24) or no treatment (n = 9) and healthy controls (n = 22) were longitudinally compared on the Iowa gambling task (IGT). Significant IGT improvements were only observed for adolescents who self-harm following CBT. CBT may benefit adolescent self-harmers and generate decision-making improvements.

Original language	English
Article number	N/A
Pages (from-to)	255-265
Number of pages	11
Journal	Suicide & life-threatening behavior
Volume	42
Issue number	3
Early online date	21 Mar 2012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.0087.x
Publication status	Published - Jun 2012

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