Scoping review protocol on non-pharmacological interventions for interpersonal and self-directed violence in adults with severe mental illness.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Violence committed by people with mental illness has implications for mental health policy and clinical practice. Several strategies to reduce the risk of aggressive and violent behaviour have been proposed, and these include non-pharmacological interventions. There is, however, a need to identify which of these interventions are effective, and as a first step, we will conduct a scoping review to identify non-pharmacological interventions for self-directed or interpersonal violence in adults with severe mental illness across different conditions and settings.

Methods and analysis

This is a scoping review protocol. The review will include any randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and cluster RCTs that assess the efficacy of interventions on self-directed or interpe

SUBMITTER: Moreno-Calvete MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7488835 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature