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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evaluation of Two Different Strategies of an Outpatient Aftercare Program for Suicide Attempters in a General Hospital
At the Klinikum rechts der Isar in Munich, approximately 500 patients per year are admitted to the poisoning treatment unit after suicidal attempts. Medical care is supplemented by psychiatric examination in e...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Motivation for Compliance with Outpatient Treatment of Patients Hospitalized After Parasuicide
Parasuicide attempters represent a high-risk group for repetition of para-suicides. Experts agree on the indication for aftercare for these patients at risk. Patients themselves do not share this point of view...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Empirical Study of Different Aftercare Strategies for Patients Who Attempted Suicide: The Effect of Psychotherapy on Compliance and Outcome
The results of evaluative research on the prevention of suicidal behaviour are in general rather controversial and inconclusive. There is considerable disagreement, especially over the issue of whether suicida...
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Chapter
Empirical Evaluation of the Psychotherapeutic After-Care for Patients who Attempted Suicide
The results of the different approaches of evaluative research in the field of suicide prevention are in general rather controversial and inconclusive. However, in some of the controlled studies a reduction of...