Effectiveness of a Brief Suicide Intervention Training

Safety Planning Intervention: A Brief Intervention to Mitigate Suicide Risk

1077 © 2 Publ The usual care for suicidal patients who are seen in the emergency department (ED) and other emergency settings is to assess level of risk and refer to the appropriate level of care. Brief psychosocial interventions such as those administered to promote lower alcohol intake or to reduce domestic violence in the ED are not typically employed for suicidal individuals to reduce their...

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 in five culturally different sites (Campinas, Brazil; Chennai, India; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Karaj,...

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

Brief gatekeeper training for suicide prevention in an ethnic minority population: a controlled intervention

BACKGROUND Suicide is a critical public health problem around the globe. Asian populations are characterized by elevated suicide rates and a tendency to seek social support from family and friends over mental health professionals. Gatekeeper training programs have been developed to train frontline individuals in behaviors that assist at-risk individuals in obtaining mental health treatment. The...

Interaction of reasoning ability and training intervention in reaction to training evaluation and post training effectiveness.

It has been shown that learners' abilities interact with the type of training intervention and effect on training and its outcomes. For this reason, the current research investigated the interaction of reasoning ability with two training methods, namely deductive and empirical methods, in effect on  reaction to training evaluation and post training effectiveness. This research was an applied an...