A contact-based intervention for people recently discharged from inpatient psychiatric care: a pilot study.

People recently discharged from inpatient psychiatric care are at high risk of suicide and self-harm, with 6% of all suicides in England occurring in the 3 months after discharge. There is some evidence from a randomized trial carried out in the United States in the 1960s-70s that supportive letters...

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Main Authors: Bennewith, O, Evans, J, Donovan, J, Paramasivan, S, Owen-Smith, A, Hollingworth, W, Davies, R, O'Connor, S, Hawton, K, Kapur, N, Gunnell, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2014