Effectiveness of brief intervention and contact for suicide attempters: a randomized controlled trial in five countries

Effectiveness of brief intervention and contact for suicide attempters: a randomized controlled trial in five countries

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether brief intervention and contact is effective in reducing subsequent suicide mortality among suicide attempters in low and middle-income countries. METHODS: Suicide attempters (n = 1867) identified by medical staff in the emergency units of eight collaborating hospitals...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Fleischmann, José M Bertolote, Danuta Wasserman, Diego De Leo, Jafar Bolhari, Neury J Botega, Damani De Silva, Michael Phillips, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Airi Värnik, Lourens Schlebusch, Huong Tran Thi Thanh
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Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2008-09-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862008000900014&lng=en&tlng=en

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