HOPE: Help fOr People with money, employment, benefit or housing problems: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-harm and suicide increase in times of economic recession. Factors including job loss, austerity measures, financial difficulties and house repossession contribute to the risk. Vulnerable individuals commonly experience difficulties in navigating the benefits system and in accessing the available sources of welfare and debt advice, and this contributes to their distress. Our aim is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a brief psychosocial intervention (the "HOPE" service) for people presenting to hospital emergency departments (ED) following self-harm or in acute distress because of financial, employment, or welfare (benefit) difficulties.

Method

A pilot study including randomisation will be employed to determine whether it is possible to undertak

SUBMITTER: Barnes MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5629806 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature