A Study of cognitive-behaviour intervention on depressed sentiment and suicide tendency in depression patients

Objective To study the cognitive-behaviour nursing intervention on depressed sentiment and suicide tendency in depression patients.Methods Eighty depression patients were admitted from September 1, 2005 to May 31,2006 and randomly assigned into two groups(control group and intervention group).Control group received conventional psychiatric and psychological care.Intervention group received cognitive-behaviour nursing intervention in addition.Hamilton Depression Rating Scale for Depression(HAMD) and Questionnaire of Suicide Attitude(QSA) were used to evaluate the intervention effect.Results The scores of HAMD in study group at the end of the 3rd and 6th week were significantly lower than that in the control group.The reduction of scores of HAMD in study group was significantly higher than that in the control group.Scores of the cognition of suicidal behaviors and the attitude to suicide,their relatives and euthanasia were significantly higher than that of the control group at the end of sixth week after admission.Conclusion The cognitive-behaviour nursing intervention has a significant impact on the improvement of depressive sentiment and suicidal attitude in depression patients.