@article{ref1,
title="Telephone management program for patients discharged from an emergency department after a suicide attempt",
journal="Crisis",
year="2015",
author="Cebrià, Ana Isabel and Pérez-Bonaventura, Iris and Cuijpers, Pim and Kerkhof, Ad and Parra, Isabel and Escayola, Anna and García-Parés, Gemma and Oliva, Joan Carles and Puntí, Joaquim and López, David and Vallès, Vicenç and Pàmias, Montserrat and Hegerl, Ulrich and Pérez-Solà, Victor and Palao, Diego J.",
volume="36",
number="5",
pages="345-352",
abstract="AIM: In a previous controlled study, the authors reported on the significant beneficial effects of a telephone intervention program for prevention of suicide attempts by patients for up to 1 year. This study reports the 5-year follow-up data. Outcomes were number of recurrences and time to recurrence. <br><br>METHOD: The intervention was carried out on patients discharged from the emergency room (ER) following attempted suicide (Sabadell). It consisted of a systematic, 1-year telephone follow-up program: after 1 week, and thereafter at 1-, 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-month intervals to assess the risk of suicide and encourage adherence to treatment. The population in the control group (Terrassa) received treatment as usual after discharge, without additional telephone contact. <br><br>RESULTS: The effect of reattempt prevention observed in the first year was not maintained over the long term. <br><br>CONCLUSION: A telephone management program for patients discharged from an ER after attempted suicide could be considered a useful strategy in delaying further suicide attempts and reducing the rate of reattempts in the first year. However, results showed that the beneficial effects were not maintained at the 5-year follow-up.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0227-5910",
doi="10.1027/0227-5910/a000331",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000331"
}