Psychiatric telephone contact following emergency department discharge reduces suicide re-attempts in people originally admitted for attempted suicide

摘要

There were no significant differences in any outcome (or in numbers of adverse outcomes) between any groups on an intention-to-treat analysis. There was, however, a reduction in suicide attempt rate in the 1 month telephone contact group compared with control group at follow up (proportion of people reattempting suicide: 12% (13/107) with 1 month contact v 22% (62/280) with no contact; p = 0.03). The number of GP contacts during follow up was also greater in the 1 month telephone contact group (number of GP contacts made by participants to discuss suicide: 87% (82/107) with 1 month contact v 73% (73/280) with non-contact; p = 0.004).