%0 Journal Article
%T Crisis card following self-harm: 12-month follow-up of a randomised controlled trial
%J British journal of psychiatry
%D 2005
%A Evans, Joanne
%A Evans, M.
%A Morgan, H. G.
%A Hayward, A.
%A Gunnell, David
%V 187
%N 
%P 186-187
%X No intervention has been shown to be effective in preventing repetition of self-harm. In the 6-month follow-up of a large randomised controlled trial, we previously reported no effectiveness of the provision of a card offering 24-h crisis telephone consultation on repetition of self-harm. However, there was a possible benefit among those presenting following a first episode (OR=0.64, 95% CI 0.34-1.22). Here we report the 12-month follow-up of the trial. The results confirm no overall benefit of the intervention (OR=1.19, 95% CI 0.85-1.67). Among those with a first episode of self-harm, the possible benefit of the intervention had diminished (OR=0.89, 95% CI 0.52-1.52), although a modest effect cannot be excluded.
%G 
%I Royal College of Psychiatry
%@ 0007-1250
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.187.2.186