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: Received: 18 March 2021 / Approved: 22 March 2021 / Online: 22 March 2021 (12:04:18 CET)
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Saini, P.; Chopra, J.; Hanlon, C.A.; Boland, J. Help Seeking and Engagement for Young Men aged 18 to 30 years in Suicidal Crisis: a Prospective Cohort Study. Preprints2021, 2021030526. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202103.0526.v1
Saini, P.; Chopra, J.; Hanlon, C.A.; Boland, J. Help Seeking and Engagement for Young Men aged 18 to 30 years in Suicidal Crisis: a Prospective Cohort Study. Preprints 2021, 2021030526. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202103.0526.v1
Saini, P.; Chopra, J.; Hanlon, C.A.; Boland, J. Help Seeking and Engagement for Young Men aged 18 to 30 years in Suicidal Crisis: a Prospective Cohort Study. Preprints2021, 2021030526. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202103.0526.v1
APA Style
Saini, P., Chopra, J., Hanlon, C.A., & Boland, J. (2021). Help Seeking and Engagement for Young Men aged 18 to 30 years in Suicidal Crisis: a Prospective Cohort Study. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202103.0526.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Saini, P., Claire A Hanlon and Jane Boland. 2021 "Help Seeking and Engagement for Young Men aged 18 to 30 years in Suicidal Crisis: a Prospective Cohort Study" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202103.0526.v1
Abstract
Due to the continuing high suicide rates among young men, there is a need to understand help-seeking behaviour and engagement with tailored suicide prevention interventions. The aim of this study was to explore help-seeking behaviour and engagement for young men aged 18 to 30 years who attended a therapeutic centre for men in a suicidal crisis. In this prospective cohort study, data were collected from 546 men who were referred into a community-based therapeutic service in North West England. Of the 546 men, 337 (52%) received therapy; 161 (48%) were aged between 18 and 30 years (mean age 24 years, SD=3.4). One third (n=54; 34%) of the men were seen within 48 hours of their referral. Analyses included baseline differences, symptom trajectories for the CORE-34 Clinical Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) and engagement with the therapy. For the CORE 34 there was a clinically significant reduction in mean scores between assessment and discharge (p<0.001), with all outcomes demonstrating a large effect size. Future research needs to assess the long-term effects of help-seeking using a brief psychological intervention for young men in order to understand whether the effects of the therapy are sustainable over a period of time following discharge from the service.
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