Protocol of a Multi-centric Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Efficacy of Telephone-Based Psychosocial Interventions on Future Suicide Risk in Suicide Attempters.

16 A systematic review of 16 studies across the world that used mobile phones, text messaging, and other technological modes of brief interventions in individuals with suicidal behaviors demonstrated an encouraging trend toward reduction in suicidal ideation, hopelessness, and depression in such individuals. 17 Thus, while follow-up phone contacts in persons with suicidal behaviors are useful as additional treatments in persons with suicidal behaviors, there is a need to further evaluate the type of telephone interventions that could be useful in Indian settings.

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