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Evaluation of a standardized outpatient emergency management for adolescents with non-suicidal self-harming behaviors and suicidal behavior

Conditions
non-suicidal self-harming behaviour suicidal behaviour
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Intentional self-harm by unspecified means
Registration Number
DRKS00017586
Lead Sponsor
Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie der Universität Regensburg am Bezirksklinikum Regensburg
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
72
Inclusion Criteria

• Sufficient understanding of the German language
• Informed consent of the study participant and their legal guardians
• Patients who are presented as emergency in the clinical outpatient department with suicidal behavior and / or self-harming behavior
• Age at the start of the study: 11-19 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Acute psychotic disorder or other acute psychiatric condition that may affect the patient's capacity to consent
• Intellectual disability (IQ <80) according to clinical assessment
• Acute suicidality requiring longer stationary treatment (more than 4 nights) at one of the medical wards
• regular outpatient treatment by established child and adolescent psychiatric colleagues, which does not require a specified treatment
• Lack of consent

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Optimization of the existing emergency management with the help of the information gained through the catamnesis.<br>2. Reduction of self-harming during the course by targeted indication and by use of a safety plan.<br>The endpoint is recorded when 70 study participants are enrolled.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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