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> if treatment significantly reduces the probability of a pilot's committing suicide Psychotherapy significantly reduces the risk of suicide. https://pmc.ncbi.

• varjag 1y ago
  Does it bring the risk of suicide to general population baseline? And if not would you still want the affected people be responsible for hundreds of lives?
  • ckw 1y ago
    It doesn't look like it: it says that the risk of suicide attempt for those experiencing depression decreases 37% with psychotherapy. But the baseline 12 month suicide risk is ~14/100k, while those experiencing major depressive disorder are at ~120/100k. So ~5 fold elevated risk after psychotherapy.