Intervention for suicide attempters: A randomized controlled study

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

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,...

Non-Pharmacological Intervention to Reduce Sleep Disturbance among Older adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study

Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of folk music intervention and sleep hygiene education on the sleep quality of the older adults. Participants and Methods: This was a randomized controlled trial (RTC) that investigated the effect of music and sleep- hygiene on sleep disturbance among the elderly in Urmia. The study population consisted of 150 elderly people covered by Urmia compre...

Effect of psychiatric intervention in attempted suicide: a controlled study.

All patients presenting at the casualty department of King's College Hospital during the first six months of 1968 with deliberate self-poisoning or self-injury were followed up. Of 211 patients 204 (97%) were traced after a mean interval of 18 months (range one to two years). Despite official hospital policy, 22% had not been seen by a psychiatrist before discharge; these 44 untreated patients ...

Psychiatric Illness in Suicide Attempters

Sample consisted of a series of 100 cases of attempted suicide who were hospitalized in medical or psychiatric wards of the two hospitals of Lucknow city during a period of two years. The study revealed about 80% subjects were in the age range of 15-34 years. Psychiatric disorders were observed in 62% of these subjects. 58% subjects had shown clinical features of abnormal personalities, usually...