None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study evaluates the effectiveness of brief intervention and contact compared to treatment as usual for suicide attempters to reduce subsequent suicide mortality.
Interventions
Suicide attempters seen at emergency care settings, comparison of treatment as usual (TAU) versus brief intervention and contact (BIC). BIC: a one-hour individual information session as close to the time of discharge as possible (including information about suicidal behaviour as a sign of psychological/social distress, risk factors and protective factors for suicidal behaviour, basic epidemiology, repetition, con
Suicide attempters seen at emergency care settings, comparison of treatment as usual (TAU) versus brief intervention and contact (BIC). BIC: a one-hour individual information session as close to the time of discharge as possible (including information about suicidal behaviour as a sign of psychological/social distress, risk factors and protective factors for suicidal behaviour, basic epidemiology, repetition, contacts) PLUS after discharge phone calls or visits, as appropriate, according to a time line asking how the person feels and whether he or she needs any support and referral to an appropriate channel if needed. The time line of contacts is as follows: 1, 2, 4, 7, 11 weeks, 4, 6, 12, 18 months after discharge.
Sponsors
World Health Organization
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
All suicide attempters seen at the emergencey care settings.
Exclusion criteria
Death in the ward, clinical conditions not allowing an interview, leaving against medical order, residence in a different catchment area, language problems.
Outcome results
None listed