Citation

Kawanishi C, Hirayasu Y, Aruga T, Higuchi T, Ueda S, Kanba S, Fujita T, Yamada M, Takahashi K. Psychiatr. Danub. 2006; 18(Suppl 1): 136.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, 3-9 Fikuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0004 Yokohama, Japan. chiaki@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Facultas Universitatis Studiorum Zagrabiensis - Danube Symposion of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16964121

Abstract

It is well known that many subjects who survived a suicide attempt will make further suicide attempts, even after the medical treatment at critical emergency unit. To examine the effectiveness of continuous follow-up care by case manager after the suicide attempt, a randomized, controlled, multicenter trial by J-MISP (Japanese Multimodal Intervention Trials for Suicide Prevention) has been launched in 2005. This research project is one of the strategic research projects funded by The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. In this study, J-MISP will implement the intervention for suicide attempters, a considerably high-risk group of further suicide attempts, who are transported by emergency services. After a brief psychoeducation, the study subjects will be randomly assigned to continuous case management group or standard care group as a control. The subjects will be followed up for 1.5 to 3.5 years. The primary outcome measure is the reduction of the number of further suicide. Suicide ideation, depressive symptoms, and general health condition will be also evaluated as secondary measures. We hope that the results of this trial will help to develop effective strategies to prevent further suicide attempts in Japan.

Language: en