The Effect of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-Based Psychoeducation on Suicide Risk and Social Functioning in Patients with Depression

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the effect of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)-based psychoeducation on suicide risk and social functioning in patients with depression. The study was conducted with 100 patients with depression (50 intervention, 50 control) in the psychiatry clinic of XXXX University Hospital as a pre-test and post-test with control group experimental research. Data were collected by using Descriptive Information Form, Suicide Probability Scale (SPS) and Social Adaptation Self-Evaluation Scale. Patients with depression in the intervention group received 8 sessions of CBT-based psychoeducation, while no intervention was administered to patients with depression in the control group. After CBT-based psychoeducation, the suicide probability level (88.72 ± 18.50) of patients with depression in the experimental group decreased compared to the suicide probability level (94.98 ± 18.92) of patients with depression in the control group, and the social functioning level (62.40 ± 8.86) increased compared to the social functioning level (51.74 ± 8.18) of patients with depression in the control group. In the study, it was found that CBT-based psychoeducation made a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) on the suicide probability and social functioning levels of patients with depression in the experimental group. CBT-based psychoeducation provided to patients with depression was found to be effective in reducing the suicide risk level and increasing the level of social functioning in these patients.