Publications

Frei, A., Aschenbrenner, L. M., Sedlinskà, M. A., von Strauss Und Torney, F., Cattapan, K., Michaud, L., Saillant, S., Olbrich, S., Homan, S., Werdin, S., Wyss, K., Adorjan, K., Walther, S., & Gysin-Maillart, A. (2025). ASSIP flex Suizidprävention flexibel und nachhaltig: Ein Behandlungsangebot für Menschen nach einem Suizidversuch [ASSIP flex sustainable suicide prevention: a treatment programme for people who have attempted suicide]. Therapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique, 82(2), 62–68. https://doi.org/10.23785/TU.2025.02.006

Aschenbrenner, L. M., Frei, A., Forkmann, T., Schreiber, D., Glaesmer, H., Brüdern, J., Stein, M., Sedlinská, M. A., Adorjan, K., Walther, S., & Gysin-Maillart, A. (2025). Exploring suicidal behaviour through implicit identity and control biases: Findings from the Death-Implicit Association Test and its novel control-adaptation. Comprehensive psychiatry, 142, 152621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2025.152621

Frei, A., Aschenbrenner, L. M., Firnenburg, D. P., Cattapan, K., Michaud, L., Saillant, S., Olbrich, S., Werdin, S., Wyss, K., Sedlinska, M. A., Walther, S., & Gysin-Maillart, A. C. (2025). Therapeutische Allianz, Selbstwirksamkeit und suizidales Erleben: Eine Subanalyse [Therapeutic Alliance, Self-Efficacy and Suicidal Ideation: A Sub-Analysis]. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie, 75(9-10), 377–383. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2640-1839

Aschenbrenner, L. M., Frei, A., Knapp, D., Forkmann, T., Schreiber, D., Glaesmer, H., Brüdern, J., Stein, M., Walther, S., & Gysin-Maillart, A. (2025). Exploring Implicit Emotional Associations With Death in Patients With Current Suicidal Ideation: Results From Novel Attitude Implicit Association Tests for Suicide. Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 55(5), e70047. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.70047

Aschenbrenner, L. M., Brogna, S., Teismann, T., Frei, A., Sedlinská, M. A., Glaesmer, H., Forkmann, T., Walther, S., Ehnvall, A., & Gysin-Maillart, A. (2025). Psychological Pain in Suicidal and Non-Suicidal Populations: Findings from the Translated German Mee-Bunney Psychological Pain Assessment Scale. Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research, 1–17. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2025.2573059

Sedlinská, M. A., Ramseyer, F. T., Aschenbrenner, L. M., Scheidegger, A. E., Frei, A., Walther, S., Adorjan, K., & Gysin-Maillart, A. (2025). Association between movement synchrony and psychological pain in therapies with suicide attempters. Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, 1–13. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2025.2587693

Gysin-Maillart, A., Bettschen, D., Annaheim, P., Walther, S., Waern, M., Müller, M., Exadaktylos, A., Klukowska-Rötzler, J. (2024). Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Older Adults With Suicide-Related Emergency Department Presentations. Journal of Aging and Health, 0(0), 1-12. doi.org/10.1177/08982643241261094

Probert-Lindström, S,  Bötschi. S., & Gysin-Maillart, A. (2024). The Influence of Treatment Latency on Suicide-Specific Treatment Outcomes, Archives of Suicide. doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2023.2265437

Lüke, R., Gerlach, A. L., Gysin-Maillart, A., Lewitzka, U., & Teismann, T. (2023). Posttraumatische Belastungsstörung infolge eines Suizidversuchs. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 52(3), 163–166. https://doi.org/10.1026/1616-3443/a000718 

Arvilommi, P., Valkonen, J., Lindholm, L., Gaily-Luoma, S., Suominen, K., Gysin-Maillart, A., Ruishalme, O., Isometsä, E. (2022). ASSIP vs. Crisis Counselling for Preventing Suicide Re-Attempts: Outcome Predictor Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial Data. Archives of Suicide, 1-16. doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2022.2151957

Gysin-Maillart, A. C., Jansen, R., Walther, S., Jobes, D. A., Brodbeck, J., & Marmet, S. Longitudinal Development of Reasons for Living and Dying with Suicide Attempters: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 848. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.865831

Conner, K. R., Kearns, J. C., Esposito, E. C., Pizzarello, E., Wiegand, T. J., Britton, P. C., Michel, K., Gysin-Maillart, A., & Goldston, D. B. (2021). Pilot RCT of the Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program (ASSIP) adapted for rapid delivery during hospitalization to adult suicide attempt patients with substance use problems. General hospital psychiatry. doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.07.002

Michel, K., Gysin-Maillart, A., Breit, S., Walther, S., & Pavlidou, A. (2021). Psychopharmacological treatment is not associated with reduced suicide ideation and reattempts in an observational follow-up study of suicide attempters. Journal of Psychiatric Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.05.068

Teismann, T., Gysin-Maillart, A. Psychotherapie nach einem Suizidversuch – Evidenzlage und Bewertung. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, 65, 40–46 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-021-03466-y

Keller, R., Saillant, S., Gysin-Maillart, A., Michaud, L.(2021). ASSIP : nouvelle modalité thérapeutique après un geste suicidaire. Revue Médicale Suisse, 751(17), 1602–1605. https://doi.org/10.53738/REVMED.2021.17.751.1602

Gysin-Maillart, A., Soravia, L., & Schwab, S. (2020). Attempted suicide short intervention program influences coping among patients with a history of attempted suicide. Journal of affective disorders, 264, 393-399. doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.059

Ring, M., & Gysin-Maillart, A. (2020). Patients' satisfaction with the therapeutic relationship and therapeutic outcome is related to suicidal ideation in the Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program (ASSIP). Crisis. doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000644

Ring, M., Walther, S., & Gysin-Maillart, A. C. (2019). The Association between Therapeutic Alliance and Individuals’ Wish to Die or Live. Psychology, 10(12), 1711-1725. DOI: 10.4236/psych.2019.1012112

Latakienė, J., Mastauskaitė, G., Geležėlytė, O., Mažulytė-Rašytinė, E., Rimkevičienė, J., Skruibis, P., Michel, K., & Gysin-Maillart, A. (2022). “I didn’t feel treated as mental weirdo”: Primary findings on helpful relationship characteristics in suicide attempt health care in Lithuania. Illness, Crisis, & Loss, 30(1), 19–35. https://doi.org/10.1177/1054137319854656

Park, A., Gysin-Maillart, A., Müller, T., Exadaktylos, A., Michel, K (2018). Cost-effectiveness of a Brief Structured Intervention Program Aimed at Preventing Repeat Suicide Attempts Among Those Who Previously Attempted Suicide. A Secondary Analysis of the ASSIP Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 1(6): e183680. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.3680

Brüdern, J, Stähli, A., Gysin-Maillart, A., Michel, K., Reisch, Th., Jobes, D. A., & Brodbeck, J. (2018). Reasons for Living and Dying in Suicide Attempters: A two-years prospective study. BMC Psychiatry, 18, 1-9.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-1814-8

Michel, K., Valach, L, & Gysin-Maillart, A. (2017). A Novel Therapy for People Who Attempt Suicide and Why We Need New Models of Suicide. International Journal of Environmental Research and public health, 14(3), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14030243

Gysin-Maillart, A., Soravia, L. M., Gemperli, A., & Michel, K. (2017). Suicide Ideation is Related to Therapeutic Alliance in a Brief Therapy for Attempted Suicide. Archives of Suicide Research, 21(1), 113.126. DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2016.1162242

Gysin-Maillart, A., Schwab, S., Soravia, L. M., Megert, M., & Michel, K. (2016). A novel brief therapy for patients who attempt suicide: a 24-months follow-up randomized controlled study of the Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program (ASSIP). PLoS Medicine 13(3): e1001968. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001968

Brüdern, J., Berger, T., Caspar, F., Maillart, A. G., & Michel, K. (2016). The Role of Self-Organization in the Suicidal Process. Psychological reports, 118(2), 668–685. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294116633351

Brüdern, J., Berger, T., Michel, K., Maillart, A. G., Held, I. S., & Caspar, F. (2015). Are Suicide Attempters Wired Differently?: A Comparison With Nonsuicidal Depressed Individuals Using Plan Analysis. The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 203(7), 514–521. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000321

Kupferschmid, S., Gysin-Maillart, A., Bühler, S. K., Steffen, T., Michel, K., Schimmelmann, B. G., & Reisch, T. (2013). Gender differences in methods of suicide attempts and prevalence of previous suicide attempts. Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 41(6), 401–405. https://doi.org/10.1024/1422-4917/a000256

Aschenbrenner, L. M., Kotoula, C., Bekka, E., Minder, B., Kopp, D., Gysin-Maillart, A., Salanti, G., Liakoni, E. Evaluating Buprenorphine and Ketamine for Reducing Suicidal Ideation: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. (in preparation)

Aschenbrenner, L. M., Karajiannis, D., Frei, A., Walther, S., Adorjan, K., & Gysin-Maillart, A. Adaptation and Validation of a Novel Locus of Control Short Scale for Death in the Assessment of Suicidal Ideation and Behaviour. (in preparation)

Aschenbrenner, L. M., Baumgartner, A., Sedlinská, M. A., Frei, A., Walther, S., Adorjan, K., & Gysin-Maillart, A. Diagnostic Comorbidity and Psychological Pain across Levels of Suicidal Severity: A Comparative Study in Clinical Populations. (in preparation)

Gysin-Maillart, A. & Albertson, E. (2024). Une thérapie à domicile après un acte suicidaire. Reiso.org, Revue d'information sociale, https://www.reiso.org/document/11843

Brogna S., Frei A., Walther S., & Gysin-Maillart A. (2022). Wirksame Kurztherapie nach Suizidversuch neu auch zu Hause. Leading Opinions.

Brogna S., Frei A., Walther S., & Gysin-Maillart A. (2022). Hintergründe suizidaler Krisen im Narrativen Interview verstehen. Sozialpsychiatrische Informationen, Heft 3/22.

Berger, G., Blaser, M., Häberling, I., Gysin-Maillart, A., Michel, K., Pauli, D., & Walitza, S. (2021). AdoASSIP–ein Kurzinterventionsprogramm für Adoleszente nach Suizidversuchen. Psychiatrie & Neurologie, (2), 6-10.

Teismann, T., Forkmann, T., Gysin-Maillart, A., & Glaesmer, H. (2018). Nach einem Suizidversuch: Verhaltenstherapeutische Behandlungsmassnahmen. Psychotherapeutenjournal, 1, 4-10.

Brogna S., Walther, S., & Gysin-Maillart, A. (2022). Wirksame Kurztherapie nach Suizidversuch neu auch zu Hause. UPDate Newsletter

Frei, A., Brogna, S., Walther, S., & Gysin-Maillart, A. (2022). Wirksame Kurzeittherapie nach Suizidversuch neu auch im Home Treatment. Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz Newsletter.

Gysin-Maillart, A. (2021). ASSIP - Kurztherapie nach Suizidversuch. Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program (2. Aufl.). Bern: Hogrefe https://www.hogrefe.com/ch/shop/kurztherapie-nach-suizidversuch-93748.html

Gysin-Maillart, A. (2021). Evidenzbasierte Psychotherapie im Erwachsenenalter. Suizidales Erleben und Verhalten: Ein Handbuch, 136

Michel, K., & Gysin-Maillart, A. (2015). Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program-ASSIP. A manual for clinicians. Göttingen: Hogrefe. https://www.hogrefe.com/ch/shop/assip-attempted-suicide-short-intervention-program-67660.html

Gysin-Maillart, A., & Michel, K. (2013). Kurztherapie nach Suizidversuch. ASSIP (Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program. Therapiemanual). Bern, Switzerland: Huber

Krisenintervention und Suizidalität. Teismann, T. & Gysin-Maillart, A. (2019). https://www.beltz.de/fachmedien/psychologie/buecher/produkt_produktdetails/35182-krisenintervention_und_suizidalitaet.html

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