TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - A social work contribution to suicide prevention through assertive brief psychotherapy and community linkage: Use of the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA)
JO  - Social work in health care
A1  - Petrakis, Melissa
A1  - Joubert, Lynette
SP  - 239
EP  - 257
VL  - 52
IS  - 2-3
N2  - There is a striking absence of literature articulating and evaluating clinical social work contributions to suicide prevention, despite considerable practice in this important field. This article reports on a model of assertive brief psychotherapeutic intervention and facilitated linkage to community services utilized in a prospective cohort study of emergency department suicide attempt aftercare. A key outcome measure, the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA), was used with 65 patients to assess psychosocial domains at initial presentation, 4-weeks, 3-months, and 6-months. There were significant improvements in the domains of work, finance, leisure, social life, living situation, personal safety and health by 3 months. There were highly significant correlations between psychosocial improvements and improved depression scores.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0098-1389
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2012.737903
ID  - ref1
ER  -