@article{ref1,
title="Effect of a suicide prevention centre for young people with suicidal behaviour in Copenhagen",
journal="European psychiatry",
year="2005",
author="Petersson, B. and Hansen, Hugh and Mejsholm, B. and Drejer, K. and Branner, Jacob and Nordentoft, Merete and Nordentoft, Merete",
volume="20",
number="2",
pages="121-128",
abstract="Background. - In the 1980s, suicide rates in Denmark were among the highest in the world. In 1992, a Suicide Prevention Centre was opened in Copenhagen with a 2-week programme of social and psychological treatment. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the Suicide Prevention Centre. Methods. - In a quasi-experimental study, 362 patients in the Suicide Prevention Centre and a parallel comparison group of 39 patients were interviewed with European Parasuicide Study Interviewer Schedule I (EPSIS I), which is a comprehensive interview including several validated scales. All patients were invited to follow-up interviews with EPSIS II and followed in the National Patients Register and the Cause of Death Register. Results. - At the 1-year follow-up, 59% of patients in the intervention group and 53% of patients in the comparison groups were interviewed with EPSIS II. The intervention group obtained a significantly greater improvement in Beck's Depression Inventory, Hopelessness Scale, Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale and CAGE-score and a significantly lower repetition rate. Discussion. - Although the design cannot exclude selection bias, it seems likely that the improvement in the intervention group was facilitated by the treatment.",
language="",
issn="0924-9338",
doi="10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.09.019",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.09.019"
}