CBT‐based app shows promise as add‐on for suicidal patients

A smartphone‐based therapeutic intervention drawing on the principles of cognitive‐behavioral therapy (CBT) could serve as an important adjunct to standard mental health treatment for patients at high risk of suicide, results of a study suggest. Although the hospital‐based study fell short of achieving results for its primary outcome, a subset of patients with a history of suicide attempt gained substantial benefit from use of the app.