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Volume3, Issue1

Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) as an intervention against suicidal ideation in newly diagnosed people living with HIV and AIDS attending a Nigerian maternity teaching hospital

    Ogueji, A. Ifeanyichukwu Okoloba, M. Maia

GLOBAL PSYCHIATRY ARCHIVES, 2020, Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 104-112
10.52095/gpa.2020.1321

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Abstract

Objectives
In Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria is currently home to many people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), and suicidal ideation is amongst the common early problems of newly diagnosed PLWHA. This reflects the importance of including psychotherapy in HIV care. In this regard, compassion-focused therapy (CFT) is the one that has not been a point of study for reducing suicidal risks in newly diagnosed PLWHA despite the relevance of CFT to the treatment/management of persons living with self-criticism or self-harm. To bridge this gap, we examined the use of CFT as an intervention against suicidal ideation in newly diagnosed PLWHA receiving antiretroviral therapy at the Adeoyo Maternity Teaching Hospital in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria.


Methods
Twenty-two participants (mean age = 40 ± 5.6 years) with less than 1-month-old clinical diagnosis of HIV who have recently thought about suicide because of the new HIV-positive diagnosis were purposively sampled and randomly assigned into the intervention and control groups. The CFT module and scale for suicide ideation were the research instruments. All data collected were analysed using SPSS (v.22.0), and statistical significance was determined at P<0.05.


Results
The findings established that after administering CFT to the intervention group, the mean score for suicidal ideation was significantly lower in the intervention group compared with that in the control group.


Conclusion
The results suggest that CFT has the potential to reduce suicidal ideation in newly diagnosed PLWHA; therefore, in addition to the antiretroviral therapy, the administration of CFT should be included in the early stage of HIV care, to reduce the risk of suicide that is associated with newly living with HIV/AIDS.










 
Keywords:
    Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) suicidal ideation newly diagnosed PLWHA HIV/AIDS
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(2020). Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) as an intervention against suicidal ideation in newly diagnosed people living with HIV and AIDS attending a Nigerian maternity teaching hospital. GLOBAL PSYCHIATRY ARCHIVES, 3(1), 104-112. doi: 10.52095/gpa.2020.1321
Ogueji, A. Ifeanyichukwu; Okoloba, M. Maia. "Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) as an intervention against suicidal ideation in newly diagnosed people living with HIV and AIDS attending a Nigerian maternity teaching hospital". GLOBAL PSYCHIATRY ARCHIVES, 3, 1, 2020, 104-112. doi: 10.52095/gpa.2020.1321
(2020). 'Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) as an intervention against suicidal ideation in newly diagnosed people living with HIV and AIDS attending a Nigerian maternity teaching hospital', GLOBAL PSYCHIATRY ARCHIVES, 3(1), pp. 104-112. doi: 10.52095/gpa.2020.1321
Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) as an intervention against suicidal ideation in newly diagnosed people living with HIV and AIDS attending a Nigerian maternity teaching hospital. GLOBAL PSYCHIATRY ARCHIVES, 2020; 3(1): 104-112. doi: 10.52095/gpa.2020.1321
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