Division of Prison Health, Geneva University Hospitals & University of Geneva, Geneva 1205, Switzerland.
Institute of Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Jun 10;16(11):2049. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16112049.
Suicide is a major public health concern, which disproportionally affects young people. Therefore, effective prevention strategies are needed, but there is a dearth of controlled trials on this topic. Our study will evaluate the effectiveness of a suicide prevention program in Switzerland, where data are scarce. It will test whether the prevention program (1) increases knowledge of suicide and awareness of suicidal risks, (2) provides resources to seek/offer help, (3) increases communication skills related to suicide, (4) increases coping skills, (5) is acceptable, and (6) reduces suicidal ideation and psychological distress. The project will be a single-center cluster non-randomized controlled trial designed to compare an intervention group benefitting from the suicide prevention program with a control group. The potential benefits include a better understanding and evaluation of suicide prevention programs, which may lead to improved primary and secondary prevention practices.
自杀是一个严重的公共卫生问题,对年轻人的影响尤为严重。因此,需要有效的预防策略,但在这个话题上,控制试验很少。我们的研究将评估瑞士一个自杀预防计划的效果,因为那里的数据很少。它将测试该预防计划是否能:(1) 提高对自杀的认识和对自杀风险的意识;(2) 提供寻求/提供帮助的资源;(3) 提高与自杀相关的沟通技巧;(4) 提高应对技巧;(5) 被接受;以及(6) 减少自杀意念和心理困扰。该项目将是一项单中心群组非随机对照试验,旨在比较受益于自杀预防计划的干预组和对照组。潜在的好处包括更好地理解和评估自杀预防计划,这可能会导致初级和二级预防实践的改进。