Efficacy of a short message service brief contact intervention (SMS-SOS) in reducing repetition of hospital-treated self-harm: randomised controlled trial.

Garry John Stevens Sandro Sperandei Gregory Leigh Carter Sithum Munasinghe Trent Ernest Hammond Naren Gunja Anabel de la Riva Vlasios Brakoulias Andrew Page

Published in: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science (2023)

The 22% reduction in repetition of hospital-treated self-harm was clinically meaningful. SMS text messages are an inexpensive, scalable and universal intervention that can be used in hospital-treated self-harm populations but further work is needed to establish efficacy and cost-effectiveness across settings.

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randomized controlled trial
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mental health
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