Do individuals follow up with mental health services after a suicide attempt? Findings from the assertive management of attempted suicide service, Bengaluru, India.

Conclusions: Most individuals in India, especially those without a psychiatric diagnosis, do not follow up with mental health services after a suicide attempt. Periodic telephonic contacts are a useful aftercare strategy to reach out to this high-risk population. Limitation of this study is that findings are from an urban general hospital setting. PMID: 32001928 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32001928?dopt=Abstract

Source: Indian Journal of Psychiatry - February 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Indian J Psychiatry Source Type: research