Do Efforts Increase After-Care Compliance Reduce the Repetition Rate of Attempted Suicide? (IN: Suicidal Behaviour in Europe: Recent Research Findings, edited by P Crepet et al)

The aim of the present study is the investigation of the role of after-care compliance in preventing repetition of suicidal behaviour in patients admitted to a general hospital after a suicide attempt. Control of compliance and the influence of additional motivation (in case of non-compliance) on compliance and repetition-rate is investigated as a means of a prospective controlled study. It is hypothesized that additional motivation in case of non-complicance will increase compliance significantly and that a higher compliance contributes to the secondary prevention of attempted suicide. (9 refs)