We introduce continuous identity cognitive therapy (CI-CT), a novel suicide intervention. CI-CT was developed based on evidence that suicidal individuals have difficulty viewing and experiencing continuity with their perceived future self, and having meaningful and achievable personal goals. CI-CT integrates aspects of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with modality-specific techniques focusing on the individual's perceived present-to-future life story. The intervention guides the development of a meaningful life story with a vivid and positive future self. The results of an open-label pilot/feasibility trial (N = 17) for U.S. Veterans with a serious mental illness indicate that CI-CT is feasible, acceptable to Veterans, and may help with suicidality, depression, hopelessness, and future self-continuity. Reductions in clinical symptoms were associated with improvement in future self-continuity and were largely maintained at the 1-month follow-up. These results, along with high retention rates and positive Veteran feedback, support further exploration of the utility of CI-CT.

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连续身份认知疗法：自杀性症状新型干预的可行性和可接受性。

我们引入了连续性身份认知疗法（CI-CT），这是一种新型的自杀干预措施。CI-CT的开发基于以下证据：自杀者难以察觉和体验其感知到的未来自我的连续性，并且具有有意义且可实现的个人目标。CI-CT将认知行为疗法（CBT）和接受与承诺疗法（ACT）的各个方面与针对特定方式的技术相结合，专注于个人感知到的从现在到未来的生活故事。干预可以指导有意义的生活故事的发展，并赋予他们生动，积极的未来自我。一项针对患有严重精神疾病的美国退伍军人的开放式试验/可行性试验（N = 17）的结果表明，CI-CT是可行的，为退伍军人所接受，并且可能有助于自杀，抑郁，绝望，和未来的自我连续性。临床症状的减轻与未来自我连续性的改善有关，并在随访1个月内得到了很大程度的维持。这些结果以及较高的保留率和积极的退伍军人反馈，为进一步探索CI-CT的实用性提供了支持。