TOPLINE:

A smartphone-based digital therapeutic application designed to deliver suicide-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) was associated with a sustained reduction in suicidal ideation through 24 weeks post-discharge and a 58% reduced rate of suicide attempts compared to a control application among adult inpatients with prior attempts, a new study showed. However, the study did not meet its primary endpoint of difference between treatments for “time to first actual suicide attempt” in those with no prior attempts.

METHODOLOGY:

The multisite, double-blind, randomized clinical trial included more than 300 adults with an increased risk for suicide (mean age, 28 years; 66% women; 67% White) across six psychiatric inpatient units in the US from 2022 to 2024. Of these, 170 had prior

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