@article{ref1,
title="Effectiveness of the Hunter Way Back Support Service: an historical controlled trial of a brief non-clinical after-care program for hospital-treated deliberate self-poisoning",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2022",
author="McGill, Katie and Whyte, Ian M. and Sawyer, Lisa and Adams, Danielle and Delamothe, Katrina and Lewin, Terry J. and Robinson, Jo and Kay-Lambkin, Frances J. and Carter, Gregory L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Active contact and follow-up interventions have been shown to be effective in reducing repetition of hospital-treated self-harm. The Way Back Support Service (WBSS) is a new service funded by the Australian government to provide three months of non-clinical after-care following a hospital-treated suicide attempt. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of WBSS in reducing deliberate self-poisoning (DSP) and psychiatric hospital admissions over a 12-month follow-up period for a population of DSP patients within the Hunter (Australia) region. <br><br>METHODS: A non-randomized, historical controlled (two periods) trial design with intention-to-treat analyses. Outcome data were drawn from hospital records. <br><br>RESULTS: There were a total of 2770 participants across study periods. There were no significant differences between cohorts for proportion with any, or number of, re-admissions for DSP in the follow-up period. For psychiatric admissions, the intervention cohort had a non-significantly greater proportion with any psychiatric admission and significantly more admissions compared to one of the control cohorts. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The WBSS model of care should be modified to strengthen treatment engagement and retention and to include established, clinical, evidence-based treatments shown to reduce DSP repetition. Any modified WBSS model should be subject to further evaluation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1111/sltb.12840",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12840"
}