Smartphone-based safety planning and self-monitoring for suicidal patients: Rationale and study protocol of the CASPAR (Continuous Assessment for Suicide Prevention And Research) study

Internet Interventions

Volumn 13, Issue , 2018, Pages 16-23

  Nuij, Chani ^a   van Ballegooijen, Wouter ^a,b,c   Ruwaard, Jeroen ^b,c   de Beurs, Derek ^d   Mokkenstorm, Jan ^b,c   van Duijn, Erik ^e   de Winter, Remco F P ^a,f   O'Connor, Rory C ^g   Smit, Jan H ^b,c   Riper, Heleen ^a,b,c   Kerkhof, Ad ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Specialized Mental Health Care ^*  (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e Centre for Mental Health Care Delfland   (Netherlands)

^f PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological momentary assessment; Feasibility; Mobile health; Safety planning; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT DAY CARE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BRIEF RESILIENCE SCALE; CLIENT SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE 8; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION AND RESEARCH; DYSTHYMIA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL NEEDS QUESTIONNAIRE 12; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSITIVE URGENCY IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOUR SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MONITORING; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

EID: 85047622139     PISSN: 22147829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2018.04.005     Document Type: Article

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