brief intervention and contact after deliberate self-harm: an iranian randomized controlled trial

Brief intervention: reducing the repetition of deliberate self-harm.

Deliberate self-poisoning is one of the commonest reasons for hospital admission in the UK and people who deliberately self-harm are often difficult to engage. Solution-focused brief therapy could help these people as it has the potential to be effective after one session. The liaison psychiatry team at St Luke's Hospital, Middlesbrough, undertook a research project to evaluate the use of SFBT ...

Brief psychodynamic interpersonal therapy after deliberate self poisoning reduced suicidal ideation and deliberate self harm.

I n t e r v e n t i o n After stratification by history of self-harm, patients were allocated to four 50-minute sessions of PIT (n = 58) or to usual care (n = 61). PIT consisted of identifying and helping to resolve interpersonal difficulties that caused or exacerbated psychological distress. The therapy was described in a standardized manual. M a i n o u t c o m e m e a s u r e s Suicidal idea...

Brief psychological intervention after self-harm: randomised controlled trial from Pakistan.

BACKGROUND Self-harm is a major risk factor for completed suicide. AIMS To determine the efficacy of a brief psychological intervention - culturally adapted manual-assisted problem-solving training (C-MAP) - delivered following an episode of self-harm compared with treatment as usual (TAU). METHOD The study was a randomised controlled assessor-masked clinical trial (trial registration: Clin...

Effect of assertive outreach after suicide attempt in the AID (assertive intervention for deliberate self harm) trial: randomised controlled trial

OBJECTIVE To assess whether an assertive outreach intervention after suicide attempt could reduce the frequency of subsequent suicidal acts, compared with standard treatment. DESIGN Randomised, parallel group, superiority trial with blinded outcome assessment. SETTING Outpatient intervention at one location at Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark. PARTICIPANTS Patients older than 12 ye...

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