Letters, green cards, telephone calls and postcards: Systematic and meta-analytic review of brief contact interventions for reducing self-harm, suicide attempts and suicide

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 184-190

  Milner, Allison J ^a   Carter, Greg ^b   Pirkis, Jane ^a   Robinson, Jo ^c   Spittal, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION AID; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; POSTAL MAIL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TELEPHONE;

HUMANS; POSTAL SERVICE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84925003912     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.147819     Document Type: Article

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