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Social support among European suicide attempters

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In order to measure social support among suicide attempters, an instrument was especially designed to be included in the follow-up interview study being part of the WHO/Euro Multicentre Study on Parasuicide which is carried out in cooperation with EC Concerted Action on Attempted Suicide. In this paper, which is to be the first in a series, the theories behind the design and the methodology are discussed, and some general results presented. Judged by the level of the need for support, there are some differences between the 10 European areas under study, but judged by the individual's perception of to what degree his needs are met, somewhat to our surprise the majority of the suicide attempters in the various areas under study agree in feeling that their needs for support are met to a great extent.

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  1. Centre for Suicidological Research, Odense, Denmark

    U. Bille-Brahe & H. Egebo

  2. Rome, Italy

    P. Crepet

  3. Servizio Di Psicogeriatria, Università Degli Studi Di Padova, Padova, Italy

    D. De Leo

  4. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    H. Hjelmeland

  5. Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    A. Kerkhof

  6. Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland

    J. Lönnqvist

  7. Psychiatrische Poliklinik, Universitätsspital, Bern, Switzerland

    K. Michel

  8. Department of Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

    E. Salander Renberg

  9. Universitäts-Nervenklinik, Würzburg, Germany

    A. Schmidtke

  10. Centrum för Suicidforskning, och-prevention, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    D. Wasserman

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Bille-Brahe, U., Egebo, H., Crepet, P. et al. Social support among European suicide attempters. Archives of Suicide Research 5, 215–232 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009667904405

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