Citation

Kapur N, Gunnell D, Hawton KE, Nadeem S, Khalil S, Longson D, Jordan R, Donaldson I, Emsley R, Cooper J. Br. J. Psychiatry 2013; 203(1): 73-74.

Affiliation

University of Manchester, Centre for Suicide Prevention, Centre for Mental Health and Risk, Jean McFarlane Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. nav.kapur@manchester.ac.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

10.1192/bjp.bp.113.126425

PMID

23818535

Abstract

Studies of therapeutic contact following self-harm have had mixed results. We carried out a pilot randomised controlled trial comparing an intervention (information leaflet listing sources of help, two telephone calls soon after presentation and a series of letters over 12 months) to usual treatment alone in 66 adults presenting with self-harm to two hospitals. We found that our methodology was feasible, recruitment was challenging and repeat self-harm was more common in those who received the intervention (12-month repetition rate 34.4% v. 12.5%).

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