Effect of telephone contact on further suicide attempts in patients discharged from an emergency department: randomised controlled study

Vaïva, Guillaume; Vaïva, Guillaume; Ducrocq, François; Meyer, P; Mathieu, Daniel; Philippe, A.; Libersa, Christian; Goudemand, M.

doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1241

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Effect of telephone contact on further suicide attempts in patients discharged from an emergency department: randomised controlled study

Published in BMJ • May 25, 2006

Authors:

Guillaume Vaïva

François Ducrocq

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects over one year of contacting patients by telephone one month or three months after being discharged from an emergency department for deliberate self poisoning compared with usual treatment. DESIGN: Multicentre, randomised controlled trial. SETTING: 13 emergency dep...

Subject

Emergency department

Medical emergency

Medicine

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