Structures of Care for the Suicidal Elderly in GermanySummary: The problem of suicidality in the elderly has been underestimated as a topic of public health. This is remarkable because among all age groups the elderly show in most of the countries the ...
Psychiatric emergencies are stressful and time-consuming for physicians. Comprehensive diagnostic assessment is often not feasible in psychiatric emergency situations. Primary interventions target symptoms and syndromes. Treatments for psychiatric ...
We assessed retrospectively in two periods of evaluation all inpatient crisis interventions (n1 = 75, n2 = 65) conducted in a psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents aged 13 to 19 years. In a first preliminary study we described patterns of ...
This study assesses the efficacy of the treatment approach implemented in the Bern Crisis Intervention Program, where particular emphasis is placed on the remediation of suicide ideation and suicidal behavior, and depression, fear, and phobia are ...
Summary: The remediation processes in psychosocial crisis intervention were modeled focusing on cognitive orientation. Frequent observations and subsequent process modeling constitute a novel approach to process research and reveal process-outcome ...
In recent years, a general consensus has emerged regarding postvention activities in schools following completed suicides of teenagers. In this case study, standard postvention activities were carried out in a middle school after two youths from the same ...
The study described here is part of an evaluation of a pilot project concerning the implementation of three psychiatric crisis units in general hospitals in Belgium. The purpose was to evaluate the short-term outcome of a multidisciplinary crisis ...
In Italy, postvention models specifically designed for people surviving the suicide of a loved one are very scarce. The SOPRoxi project was developed to respond to this particular lack. By involving different professional and nonprofessional figures (GPs, ...
After the Tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia, India, Sri Lanka, and Africa, the German government set up a crisis task force that implemented crisis-intervention teams covering Thailand (Phuket and Khao Lak), Sri Lanka, and Sumatra. Two crisis teams were ...
Abstract. This paper evaluates the contribution to suicide prevention made by an innovative project, Maytree, a respite center for the suicidal. Maytree offers a distinctive brief period of sanctuary for four nights for suicidal people; within this ...
Background: The PRISM-S task was developed at the Crisis Intervention Center (KIZ) Winterthur, Switzerland, to enable an assessment of the degree of suicidality in less than 5 minutes with a simple, visual instrument. Aims: Comparison of validity and ...
Background: Suicide in older people is a significant public health issue with a predicted future increase. Contemporary research directs considerable attention toward physical, mental, and social risk factors that contribute to suicidality in older people;...
Abstract.Background: Although telephone services continue to play an important role in the delivery of front-line crisis support, published evidence of the standardized assessment of such services does not exist to date. Aims: To describe the development ...
Abstract.Background: It is well known that helping professionals experience functional impairment related to elevated symptoms of psychological distress as a result of frequent empathic engagement with distressed ...
Abstract.Background: In order to respond to crises with appropriate intervention, crisis workers are required to manage their own needs as well as the needs of those they respond to. Aims: A systematic review of ...
Abstract.Background: Crisis support services have historically been offered by phone-based suicide prevention hotlines, but are increasingly becoming available through alternative modalities, including Internet ...