Comparison of the Effectiveness of Dialectic Behavioral Therapy and Monotheistic Integrated Psychotherapy on Reducing Suicidal Thoughts and Expression Change in Suicidal Persons

Suicide has occurred in all cultures and periods and is a catastrophe for the individual, family, and society. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of dialectical behavioral therapy and monotheistic psychotherapy among suicidal subjects.
The sample consisted of 40 men and women with unsuccessful suicide attempts (since 2015), a list of these individuals was prepared in collaboration with the welfare organization of the city of Abdanan and randomly they were divided into three groups: monotheistic psychotherapy (13 people), behavior Dialectic treatment (13 people), and control group (14 people). Intervention for the first group was based on the monotheistic integrated psychotherapy model and for the second group dialectical behavioral therapy model was used. Participants in the three groups were evaluated before intervention, at the end of intervention, and 3 months after the end of intervention (follow up) by Beck Suicidal Thoughts Scales and Emotional Cognitive Scale. Data were analyzed by repeated measure ANOVA and multivariate analysis of variance.
Findings: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the two experimental groups, dialectic behavioral therapy, and monotonous psychotherapy in the post-interventional and follow-up stages compared to the control group. At the end of the intervention period, unified monotheistic psychotherapy was more effective than dialectical behavioral therapy and control group in suicidal ideation variables, but dialectical behavioral therapy was more effective in treating cognitive emotional regulation than monotonous treatment.
Discussion & The findings of this study support the effectiveness of psychotherapy with cultural capacities and religious teachings.