Suicide, Attempted
Conditions
Keywords
attempted suicide, socio-educational intervention, follow up study
Brief summary
Compared to a treatment-as-usual group, providing brief mental health education to suicide attempters from rural parts of China at the time of their treatment in the emergency departments of general hospitals or local clinics and 6 home-visits (FOR those subjects WITH PHONES refuse home visits, THE INTERVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED OVER THE PHONE) over the twelve months after the attempt demonstrate continuing concern about the attempters ('befriending'), strengthen their social support networks and improve their problem-solving skills will significantly reduce their hopelessness, the severity of depressive symptoms, and level of suicidal ideation.
Interventions
OTHERsocio-educational intervention
brief mental health education and 6 follow-up visits
Sponsors
Suicide Prevention International
Harvard University
University of Rochester
People's Hospital of Yuncheng County
Bureau of Health of Ji County
Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* suicide attempters * must be 18 years or older * no-zero intent to die
Exclusion criteria
* with communication difficulties * living outside of the research sites
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the severity of depressive symptoms | one year |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| frequency and intensity of suicidal ideation | one year |
Countries
China
Contacts
Primary ContactXianyun Li, Bachelor, Master of Medicine
Backup ContactMichael Roberts Phillips, Doctor of Medicine
Outcome results
None listed