Topic: Mental Health Research Network
Conditions
Interventions
Patients in the intervention group will receive two phone calls from a clinical researcher soon after hospital attendance, an information leaflet listing local sources of help, and then letters interm
Sponsors
University of Manchester (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adults aged over 18 years, either sex 2. Present to the study hospitals with self-harm Recruitment may take up to three months or we may achieve our target sample size at an earlier stage. "Self-harm" is defined as "an act of intentional self-injury or poisoning irrespective of the apparent purpose of the act". This includes attempts regardless of suicidal intent or medical seriousness and as a definition is in line with that used by NICE guidelines on the short term management of self-harm.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Psychiatric in-patients 2. No fixed abode 3. Do not have telephone access 4. Unable to give informed consent during the first telephone call 5. Have been approached at an earlier stage in the study and had refused consent 6. Not able to understand the English language
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT), in particular, recruitment at 6 and/or 12 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. At 12 months we will assess the acceptability of the intervention and help refine it 2. Proportion of patients with at least one repetition of self-harm within 6 and/or 12 months 3. Assess resource use in order to pilot collection of such data | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed