Evaluating the Feasibility and Effectiveness of an Australian Safety Planning Smartphone Application: A Pilot Study Within a Tertiary Mental Health Service.
Suicide Life Threat Behav
; 49(3): 846-858, 2019 06.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of a suicide prevention smartphone application.METHOD:
Thirty-six non-Aboriginal Australians aged between 16 and 42 years (67% female) were recruited from a tertiary mental health service where they were receiving treatment for suicide risk. Participants were asked to use the BeyondNow safety planning smartphone application to manage their suicide safety plan during a 2-month trial, as an adjunct to treatment as usual. A survey battery designed to measure feasibility and effectiveness of the smartphone app plus treatment as usual intervention was completed at baseline and follow-up.RESULTS:
A vast majority of participants used the app to view and edit their safety plans and reported that the app was easy to use. A reduction was observed in participant severity and intensity of suicide ideation, and suicide-related coping increased significantly. No significant changes were observed in suicide resilience.CONCLUSIONS:
The BeyondNow safety planning smartphone application was shown to be feasible and effective as an adjunct to mental health treatment among patients at risk of suicide.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Adaptação Psicológica
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Ideação Suicida
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Aplicativos Móveis
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Smartphone
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Prevenção do Suicídio
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Suicide Life Threat Behav
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália