Deliberate self-harm in rural Western Australia: Results of an intervention study

✍ Scribed by Samar Aoun

• Book ID: 104469194
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 76 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1324-3780
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0979.1999.00133.x

✦ Synopsis

ABSTRACT

This study evaluates an intervention program in its first 2 years of operation in rural Western Australia. The program was effective in producing a systems change within the hospital by implementing a protocol of best practice and in improving the inter‐sectoral liaison between community‐based referrals and treatment agencies through professional and community education. The early indications suggest a reduction in the rate of hospital admissions for repeated suicide attempts for cases who were managed by the suicide intervention counsellor through a high‐intervention approach.