The pattern of crisis calls to a suicide telephone helpline service in Nigeria
Annals of Health Research, 2020 Background: Suicide is the deliberate killing of oneself. Although it is preventable, suicide accounts for over 800,000 global deaths annually. There is the need to scale-up prevention strategies, and one of these strategies is the provision of suicide ...
Ogbolu RE +6 more
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The impact of telephone crisis services on suicidal users: a systematic review of the past 45 years [PDF]
Mental Health Review Journal, 2016 Purpose– Telephone crisis services are increasingly subject to a requirement to “prove their worth” as a suicide prevention strategy. The purpose of this paper is to: first, provide a detailed overview of the evidence on the impact of telephone crisis services on suicidal users; second, determine the limitations of the outcome measures used in this ...
Hvidt, Elisabeth Assing +2 more
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Perceptions of crisis care in populations who self‐referred to a telephone‐based mental health triage service [PDF]
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2016 AbstractAlthough psychiatric crises are very common in people with mental illness, little is known about consumer perceptions of mental health crisis care. Given the current emphasis on recovery‐oriented approaches, shared decision‐making, and partnering with consumers in planning and delivering care, this knowledge gap is significant.
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Evaluation of the 113Online Suicide Prevention Crisis Chat Service: Outcomes, Helper Behaviors and Comparison to Telephone Hotlines [PDF]
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2016 Recognizing the importance of digital communication, major suicide prevention helplines have started offering crisis intervention by chat. To date there is little evidence supporting the effectiveness of crisis chat services. To evaluate the reach and outcomes of the 113Online volunteer‐operated crisis chat service, 526 crisis chat logs were studied ...
Mokkenstorm, JK +6 more
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A multilingual telephone service for crisis communication with migrant groups: Swedish experiences of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
Abstract Migrants living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods in Sweden were overrepresented among the infected and deceased in COVID-19 and vaccination coverage was substantially lower, despite being free of charge. The overarching aim of this study was to learn from the experiences of operating a multilingual telephone service for
Sofie Bäärnhielm +4 more
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Psychological first aid for Ukrainian civilians: protocol and reflections on a volunteer international phone-based intervention [PDF]
Frontiers in Digital HealthInformal mental healthcare groups often provide telephonic and text-based interventions to support communities affected by natural and man-made disasters.
Yanina Shraga +2 more
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Emergency Hotline as a Communication Tool in Times of Crisis
Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej, 2016 For a couple of decades telephone crisis services called hotlines or helplines have been an important instrument in the process of providing help and assistance to people in distress.
Gabriela Socha
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[Telephone service for people in crisis].
Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke, 2001 Berle Jø
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Emergency Hotline as a Communication Tool in Times of Crisis [PDF]
Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej, 2018 For a couple of decades telephone crisis services called hotlines or helplines have been an important instrument in the process of providing help and assistance to people in distress.
Gabriela Socha
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What twitter can tell us about user experiences of crisis text lines: A qualitative study
Internet Interventions, 2022 Mental health problems are the leading cause of disability worldwide. Despite the prevalence and cost of mental illness, there are insufficient health services to meet this demand.
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