The effect of a solution‐oriented approach in depressive patients on social functioning levels and suicide probability.

SUICIDE prevention; SUICIDE risk factors; ANALYSIS of variance; STATISTICAL correlation; COUNSELING; MENTAL depression; INTERVIEWING; LONGITUDINAL method; PROBLEM solving; PSYCHIATRIC hospitals; PSYCHIATRIC nursing; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SELF-evaluation; T-test (Statistics); STATISTICAL power analysis; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; TREATMENT effectiveness; PRE-tests & post-tests; REPEATED measures design; EVALUATION of human services programs; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics

Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of a solution‐oriented approach in depressive patients on suicide probability and the social functioning level. Design and Method: The research was designed as a randomized controlled trial with a pretest and posttest control group and repeated measures. A Solution‐Oriented Approach Intervention (SOAI) was performed for a total of 6 to 10 sessions with the experimental group. Findings: The SOAI in depressive patients effectively increased the social functioning level and decreased suicide probability. Practice Implications: The SOAI in depressive patients should be implemented by psychiatric nurses within the scope of psychiatric care services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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