A digital therapeutic intervention for inpatients with elevated suicide risk: A randomized clinical trial

A digital therapeutic intervention for inpatients with elevated suicide risk: A randomized clinical trial
JAMA Network; by Craig J. Bryan, Patricia Simon, Samuel T. Wilkinson, Michael H. Allen, Jeremiah Perez, Caleb Adler, Khatiya Moon, Lauren Astorino, Kristen M. Carpenter, Luke Misquitta, Katherine Brownlowe, Lauren R. Khazem, Jarrod Hay, Austin G. Starkey, Julia Tartaglia, Helena Winston, Scott Simpson, Alecia D. Dager, Seth Feuerstein; 8/25
Does a smartphone-based digital therapeutic intervention designed to deliver suicide-focused cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) reduce future suicide attempts among patients hospitalized with acutely elevated suicide risk? In this randomized clinical trial of 339 inpatients in psychiatric hospitals, no difference was found in time to first actual suicide attempt between those who used the digital therapeutic intervention and those who used the control application. The digital therapeutic intervention did not impact time to first suicide attempt after discharge among patients admitted for suicidal ideation and/or suicide attempts.
Publisher's note: As AI is studied in healthcare, it's interesting to explore both what works and what doesn't.