Efficacy of a short message service brief contact intervention (SMS-SOS) in reducing repetition of hospital-treated self-harm: randomised controlled trial

CONCLUSIONS: The 22% reduction in repetition of hospital-treated self-harm was clinically meaningful. SMS text messages are an inexpensive, scalable and universal intervention that can be used in hospital-treated self-harm populations but further work is needed to establish efficacy and cost-effectiveness across settings.PMID:38083861 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.2023.152
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry for Mental Science - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research