Suicide after contact with a national digital mental health service.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The safety of mental health care provided remotely via the internet, in particular, the probability of suicide after contact, is not known.

Method

An observational cohort study of patients registered with the MindSpot Clinic an Australian national digital mental health service (DMHS), linked to the National Death Index. Measures included demographic information, the nature of contact, duration between last contact and death, scores on measures of psychological distress (K-10), depression (PHQ-9) and anxiety (GAD-7), and responses to questions about suicidal thoughts or plans for patients who died by suicide within two years of last contact with the service.

Results

Sixty-four (0.11%) of 59,033 patients registered with the MindSpot Clinic between 1 January 2

SUBMITTER: Nielssen O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8891694 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature