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Long term Follow up Study of Phone Contacts in Catalonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

D. Palao Vidal*
Affiliation:
Parc Tauli-University Hospital, Mental Health, Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Medicine, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Salud Mental, Madrid, Spain
I. Parra
Affiliation:
Parc Tauli-University Hospital, Mental Health, Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Medicine, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Salud Mental, Madrid, Spain
A. Cebrià Meca
Affiliation:
Parc Tauli-University Hospital, Mental Health, Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Salud Mental, Madrid, Spain Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Department Of Clinical And Health Psychology, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona), Spain
M. Guinovart
Affiliation:
Parc Tauli-University Hospital, Mental Health, Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Medicine, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Spain
R. Gracia
Affiliation:
Parc Tauli-University Hospital, Mental Health, Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Medicine, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Spain
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*Corresponding author.

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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Mental Health Policy
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