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

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7552, 2006, Pages 1241-1244

  Vaiva, Guillaume ^a,b   Ducrocq, François ^a   Meyer, Philippe ^c   Mathieu, Daniel ^a   Philippe, Alain ^b   Libersa, Christian ^a   Goudemand, Michel ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c General Hospital of Valenciennes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF POISONING; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TELEPHONE; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMUTILATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INTOXICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33744992733     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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