NCT00664872

Effect of Psychosocial Treatment by the Case Manager in Patients After a Suicide Attempt

Effect of Proactive Psychosocial Treatment by the Case Manager in Patients After a Suicide Attempt: a Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 147 (actual)
• Sponsor: Shen-Ing,Liu · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the case manager are effective in the treatment of suicide attempters.

Detailed description

Compared with usual care, interventional group will (1) improve treatment attendance, (2) have less repeated suicide attempts in adults after a suicide attempts, and (3)have better patients' satisfaction with care.

Conditions

• Suicide, Attempted

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	proactive psychosocial intervention by care managers	A case manager will be assigned to each of the participants in the intervention group. All case managers are psychologists. After discharge from the emergency department, the participants receive six sessions of proactive psychosocial intervention by their case manager over four months. Duration of each session is approximately 30 minutes. The intervention consists of telephone or face-to-face contacts with the case manager at scheduled intervals or when clinically necessary. If a patient declines medication therapy from the psychiatrist, case manager will provide psychotherapy using the model of cognitive-behavioural approach and problem-solving therapy. Case managers will receive backup and supervision by psychiatrist investigators and monthly supervision of therapy. Case managers will regularly monitor suicide risk, clinical status and provide follow-up.
BEHAVIORAL	case management

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-08-01
• Primary completion: 2008-01-01
• Completion: 2008-07-01
• First posted: 2008-04-23
• Last updated: 2014-01-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan