Secondary prevention of non-fatal deliberate self-harm. The green card study.
In an attempt to address the low compliance with offers of treatment shown by patients after episodes of non-fatal deliberate self-harm (DSH), patients who had harmed themselves for the first time were offered rapid, easy access to on-call trainee psychiatrists in the event of further difficulties, and they were encouraged to seek help at an early stage should such problems arise. The follow-up data obtained after one year showed a significant reduction of actual or seriously threatened DSH in the experimental group, who also made considerably less demands on medical and psychiatric services, when compared with controls.
Morgan
H G
HG
Department of Mental Health, University of Bristol.
Jones
E M
EM
Owen
J H
JH
D000328:Adult; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010343:Patient Admission; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention