Effect of Psychosocial Treatment by the Case Manager in Patients After a Suicide Attempt

NCT ID: NCT00664872

Last Updated: 2014-01-09

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

147 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-08-31

Study Completion Date

2008-07-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine the case manager are effective in the treatment of suicide attempters.

Detailed Description

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Compared with usual care, interventional group will (1) improve treatment attendance, (2) have less repeated suicide attempts in adults after a suicide attempts, and (3)have better patients' satisfaction with care.

Conditions

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Suicide, Attempted

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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case management

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

proactive psychosocial intervention by care managers

Intervention Type OTHER

A case manager will be assigned to each of the participants in the intervention group. All case managers are psychologists. After discharge from the emergency department, the participants receive six sessions of proactive psychosocial intervention by their case manager over four months. Duration of each session is approximately 30 minutes. The intervention consists of telephone or face-to-face contacts with the case manager at scheduled intervals or when clinically necessary. If a patient declines medication therapy from the psychiatrist, case manager will provide psychotherapy using the model of cognitive-behavioural approach and problem-solving therapy. Case managers will receive backup and supervision by psychiatrist investigators and monthly supervision of therapy. Case managers will regularly monitor suicide risk, clinical status and provide follow-up.

case management

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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proactive psychosocial intervention by care managers

A case manager will be assigned to each of the participants in the intervention group. All case managers are psychologists. After discharge from the emergency department, the participants receive six sessions of proactive psychosocial intervention by their case manager over four months. Duration of each session is approximately 30 minutes. The intervention consists of telephone or face-to-face contacts with the case manager at scheduled intervals or when clinically necessary. If a patient declines medication therapy from the psychiatrist, case manager will provide psychotherapy using the model of cognitive-behavioural approach and problem-solving therapy. Case managers will receive backup and supervision by psychiatrist investigators and monthly supervision of therapy. Case managers will regularly monitor suicide risk, clinical status and provide follow-up.

Intervention Type OTHER

case management

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Participants recruit adults who:

1. Discharge from an emergency department of a teaching hospital after attempt suicide
2. Aged above 18 years old
3. Agree to provide written inform consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients were too ill to be interviewed
2. Patients have immediate and severe suicide risk.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Shen-Ing,Liu

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Shen-Ing,Liu

Attending Physician

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Shen-Ing Liu, MD.PHD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Psychiatry, Mackay Memorial Hospital

Locations

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Mackay Memorial Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

References

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Witt KG, Hetrick SE, Rajaram G, Hazell P, Taylor Salisbury TL, Townsend E, Hawton K. Psychosocial interventions for self-harm in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Apr 22;4(4):CD013668. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013668.pub2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33884617 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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NSC96-2314-B195-011

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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