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Session Type
Mental Health Policy
Date
Sat, 04.06.2022
Session Time
14:00 - 15:30
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On Demand 4
Session Description
Organised by the EPA Section on Suicidology and Suicide Prevention. Social isolation and loneliness are the new scourges of our hyper-connected civilisations. They are associated with premature mortality and very clearly with the risk of suicide. During the covid-19 pandemic, the increase in loneliness has been one of the major burdens on the mental health of the population. Conversely, one avenue of prevention that is developing considerably at present is to remain in contact with at-risk patients through telephone calls. Caring contacts is becoming a gold standard in care management of suicide attempters in some countries. In his presentation, Ph Courtet (F) will explore if social cohesion, social connection and social prescription may represent good ways for preventing suicide, and how to implement these strategies in clinical practice. Diego Palao (E) will present the Catalan experience of follow up by contact phones of suicide attempters, and the results of a 10 years follow up study. Enrique Baca Garcia (E) a pioneer of the use of smartphone applications in psychiatry, will give an overview of its research program regarding the effectiveness and implementation of ecological momentary assessments and interventions techniques for preventing suicide and in research. Mirian Iosue (S) will give an overview of the effectiveness and practicability of national helplines for suicidal behaviour, and present the aims of the task force of the Section of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention of the EPA.
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From Ecological Momentary Assessment to Real Time Intervention

Session Type
Mental Health Policy
Date
Sat, 04.06.2022
Session Time
14:00 - 15:30
Room
On Demand 4
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On Demand, Section
Lecture Time
14:00 - 14:20

Long term Follow up Study of Phone Contacts in Catalonia

Session Type
Mental Health Policy
Date
Sat, 04.06.2022
Session Time
14:00 - 15:30
Room
On Demand 4
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On Demand, Section
Lecture Time
14:20 - 14:40

Abstract

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We’ll present the Catalan experience of follow up by phone contats of suicide attempters, and the results up to 10 years. We develop a Suicide Prevention Program that started with the EAAD project in 2008 in a 0,5 M people catchment area, later generalized to 7,5 M people through the Catalonia Suicide Risk Code (SRC-Cat).

The SRC-cat is a real-time registry of suicide attempts (65% women) that allows immediate attention and telephone follow-up and ensures continuity of care for 12 months.

To evaluate the effectiveness of our telephone management plan, we conducted two types of analysis; a) 12-month short-term analysis: non-randomised controlled analysis of suicide reattempts comparing two cities (2007-2008); b) 8-year long-term analysis with the evolution of suicide rates (men and women) between our area, and two other cities (territorial differences and over time from 2010 to 2017).

Results: a) the SRC-Cat in our catchment area reduced significantly the proportion of people who re-attempt suicide by 57% over 12 months (from 14% to 6 %); b) we found lower standardized suicide death rate among women in our catchment area (both territorially and over time).

Conclusions: a) Short-term telephone management (12-month), ensuring chain of care after hospital discharge, reduces more than 50% the proportion of patients who re-attempt; b) Long-term telephone management (8-year) of suicide attempt survivors over 12 months, significantly reduces suicide deaths in women only (64% of patients in telephone follow-up are women).

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National Helplines of Suicide Prevention

Session Type
Mental Health Policy
Date
Sat, 04.06.2022
Session Time
14:00 - 15:30
Room
On Demand 4
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On Demand, Section
Lecture Time
14:40 - 15:00