Suicide Prevention and Intervention in Spain: the SURVIVE Study

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Suicide is the leading cause of avoidable death worldwide, demanding urgent attention. Collecting national-representative data is the first step towards developing effective evidence-based public-policies. The SURVIVE study presents four inter-connected objectives: To determine the incidence of suic...

Suicide is the leading cause of avoidable death worldwide, demanding urgent attention. Collecting national-representative data is the first step towards developing effective evidence-based public-policies. The SURVIVE study presents four inter-connected objectives: To determine the incidence of suicide attempts in Spain To follow up suicide attempters with the aim of studying the probability of them re-attempting To identify influential risk factors to explain suicide attempts and an increased risk of re-attempting To determine the efficacy of secondary prevention programs to prevent suicide re-attempts in comparison to treatment as usual (TAU). Study design: Multi-site-coordinated cohort study with nested randomized controlled trials. Participants will be recruited at mental-health sites distributed across Spain. Participants: A cohort of 2.000 individuals presenting a suicide attempt will be established. Individuals would be followed for 1-year, and assessed every 3 months. Participants (age >18) that meet inclusion/exclusion criteria will be randomly allocated to: 1) telephone-based management, or 2) iFightDepression for Suicide (iFD-Survive), a web-based-self-management tool. These interventions will be tested against TAU. Participants (age between 12-17) that meet inclusion/exclusion criteria will be randomly allocated to: 1)a face-to-face individual intervention designed for youths Specific Aware of Mental Health Intervention for adolescents (SAM) or 2) TAU.

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