%0 Journal Article
%T Do individuals follow up with mental health services after a suicide attempt? Findings from the assertive management of attempted suicide service, Bengaluru, India
%J Indian journal of psychiatry
%D 2020
%A Sreedaran, Priya
%A Jayasudha, N.
%A Selvam, Sumithra
%A Ruben, Johnson Pradeep
%A Ashok, M. V.
%V 62
%N 1
%P 30-35
%X OBJECTIVE: There is limited information from India on whether individuals follow up with mental health services after a suicide attempt. The objective of this study was to determine follow-up rates after a suicide attempt with mental health services of those individuals treated as part of the assertive management of attempted suicide service in a general hospital in Bengaluru, India. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: Records from 284 persons from January 2016 to December 2016 were analyzed to ascertain their follow-up rates with mental health services after a suicide attempt. <br><br>RESULTS: After discharge, 25% individuals followed up on a single occasion with mental health services. Individuals with a psychiatric diagnosis were significantly more likely to follow up with mental health services as compared to those without a psychiatric diagnosis (<i>P</i> < 0.011, odds ratio: 2.875, confidence interval at 95%: 1.276-6.481). 90.8% were contacted through telephone as part of aftercare. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Most individuals in India, especially those without a psychiatric diagnosis, do not follow up with mental health services after a suicide attempt. Periodic telephonic contacts are a useful aftercare strategy to reach out to this high-risk population. Limitation of this study is that findings are from an urban general hospital setting.<br><br>Copyright: © 2020 Indian Journal of Psychiatry.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Medknow Publications
%@ 0019-5545
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_485_18