P148 An audit on management of aftercare for victims of sexual assault attending a dedicated aftercare clinic

Child Victims of Sexual Assault

This Memorandum is being sent by Sir Basil to several organisations asking for comments and suggestions. The Council of the N.A.M.H. will be considering it shortly. It may be remembered that in the evidence given by the Association to the Ingleby Committee (in April 1958), recommendations very much on those proposed in the Memorandum were included and reference was made to the new procedure in ...

Restorative justice for victims of sexual assault

Victims of assault attending casualty departments.

Victims of assault make up about 8% of all adult injury cases. The purpose of this study was to analyse the personal characteristics and injuries of 518 victims of assault (=case material) and 496 accidentally injured (=controls), selected at random in a large casualty department. The proportion of males was higher among the assault cases than among controls (76 vs. 61%). Assault victims were m...

PS277. The Effect of Case Management on Aftercare Adherence for Suicide Attempters Attending to Emergency Department: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Background: Suicide is among the leading causes of death worldwide. Although alcohol drinking is a well-known risk factor for suicide attempts, the impact of alcohol use on the intent and lethality of suicide attempts has rarely been studied. The aim of this study is to clarify the role of alcohol use disorder and acute alcohol consumption in suicide attempts. Methods: Data on 1166suicide attem...

Improving aftercare effectiveness.

this article describes the results of a short structured phone interview about follow-up after psychiatric discharge with 20 high volume facilities. several reported differences were found between facilities that had high versus low rates of follow-up after discharge. A managed care organization studies what helps patients keep outpatient appointments after inpatient discharge by Jeffrey schwar...