title: Chronic callers to a suicide prevention center.
abstract: Records of 67 chronic callers to the Cleveland Suicide Prevention Centers over the past 9 years are reviewed. Of this group, 51% were diagnosed as drug or alcohol dependent. It was also noted that 4 of the 67 were known to have committed suicide and that another 37 (55%) had made suicide attempts. A surprising finding was that 47% of the group was eventually referred to an ongoing treatment resource. Agency strategies for dealing with the chronic caller are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D012737:Sex Factors; D013689:Telephone; D044465:White People; D000092864:Suicide Prevention