Postcards from the EDge: 24-month outcomes of a randomised controlled trial for hospital-treated self-poisoning

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Kerrie Clover · University of Newcastle Australia

Andrew Dawson · University of Newcastle Australia

Catherine D’Este · University of Queensland

Abstract

A postcard intervention halved self-poisoning events and reduced psychiatric admissions by a third after 5 years. Substantial savings occurred in general hospital and psychiatric hospital bed days.

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Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Antibiotic Use and Resistance Poisoning and overdose treatments

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Published in: The British Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 191, Issue 6, pp. 548-553

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.038406

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Postcards from the EDge: 24-month outcomes of a randomised controlled trial for hospital-treated self-poisoning

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