Phone Call Follow-up After Crisis Centre Presentation With Suicidal Ideation and Behaviours.
Suicide, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide, Attempted
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Suicide focused on measuring Phone, Brief Contact Intervention, Caring Contact, Follow-up, Suicide, Suicidal Ideation, Suicidal Behaviour, Suicide Attempt
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Being discharged to the community from the Crisis Centre
- At least 18 years old
Suicidal ideation or behaviour within one week of presentation to the CRC
- Suicidal ideation = thoughts of suicide or death, ranging from passive thoughts to organized plans
- Suicidal behaviour = suicide attempt, interrupted suicide attempt, aborted suicide attempt, suicide preparatory actions (eg. writing a suicide note, selling off/giving away all possessions)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Medically or cognitively unable to participate
- Having an insurmountable language barrier
- Psychiatrist deems that this type of follow-up could be harmful for the patient
- Living in an institutional setting
- Patient being admitted to hospital/treatment facility as a result of their presentation to the Crisis Response Centre
- Being enrolled in outreach/follow up program that would directly overlap with involvement in this study
- No reliable access to phone
Sites / Locations
- Crisis Response Centre
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Other
Intervention
Control
Participants randomized to the intervention group will receive a predetermined amount of follow-up phone calls after discharge from the Crisis Centre. They can expect a minimum of one call and a maximum of five calls over the five week period immediately following discharge to the community. The number and nature of phone calls they receive will be different from participants in the control group. Participants will be informed upon discharge of the dates they should anticipate phone calls, but it will not be revealed to them which group they were randomized to.
Participants randomized to the control group will receive a predetermined amount of follow-up phone calls after discharge from the Crisis Centre. They can expect a minimum of one call and a maximum of five calls over the five week period immediately following discharge to the community. The number and nature of phone calls they receive will be different from participants in the intervention group. Participants will be informed upon discharge of the dates they should anticipate phone calls, but it will not be revealed to them which group they were randomized to.