title: Intervention for suicide attempters: A randomized controlled study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether brief intervention and contact (BIC) is effective in reducing subsequent suicidal behavior among suicide attempters.
  
  
  METHODS
  Suicide attempters (n=680) admitted in a general hospital in Chennai were randomly allocated to treatment as usual and BIC whose components include brief intervention at the time of discharge and contact for 18 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Completed suicide was significantly lower in the BIC group, OR 35.4 (CI 18.4 - 78.2) as also attempted suicide, OR 17.3 (CI 10.8 - 29.7).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This low-cost intervention which can be readily implemented may be an important suicide prevention strategy in healthcare settings in India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Voluntary Health Service, SNEHA, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Lakshmi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vijayakumar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Umamaheswari
authors.forename: Zubaida Sultana
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Shujaath Ali
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Devaraj
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kesavan