Chain of Care for Patients with Intentional Self‐Harm: An Effective Strategy to Reduce Suicide Rates? |
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| Authors: | Ingeborg Rossow PhD Lars Mehlum PhD Finn Gjertsen MPH Bjørn Møller PhD |
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| Affiliation: | 1. The Suicide Research and Prevention Unit, University of Oslo and the Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research, Oslo;2. Lars Mehlum is with The Suicide Research and Prevention Unit, University of Oslo;3. Finn Gjertsen is with The Suicide Research and Prevention Unit, University of Oslo and the Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health;4. Bj?rn M?ller is with the Cancer Registry of Norway. |
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| Abstract: | Chain of care for patients with intentional self‐harm was important in the Norwegian national action plan to prevent suicide. In this study there were two aims: (1) to calculate the potential effects of chain of care on reducing suicide rates, and (2) to assess whether suicide rates decreased more in areas where chain of care had been implemented than in other areas. We observed no differences in changes in suicide rates between areas with and without the intervention. The calculated potential effects of chain of care on national suicide rates were very small, even under unrealistically favorable conditions. |
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