Intervention for suicide attempters: A randomized controlled study
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Lakshmi Vijayakumar1, C Umamaheswari, Zubaida Sultana Shujaath Ali
1Department of Psychiatry, Voluntary Health Service, SNEHA, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Aim:
To determine whether brief intervention and contact (BIC) is effective in reducing subsequent suicidal behavior among suicide attempters.
Materials And Methods:
Suicide attempters (n=680) admitted in a general hospital in Chennai were randomly allocated to treatment as usual and BIC whose components include brief intervention at the time of discharge and contact for 18 months.
Results:
Completed suicide was significantly lower in the BIC group, OR 35.4 (CI 18.4 - 78.2) as also attempted suicide, OR 17.3 (CI 10.8 - 29.7).
Conclusions:
This low-cost intervention which can be readily implemented may be an important suicide prevention strategy in healthcare settings in India.
