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National E-learning

A national development of competence project in suicide prevention for professions working with suicidal people in the mental health services and municipalities. The project began in 2017 as a collaboration between the Regions in Denmark and funded by The National Partnership in Suicide prevention under The National Board of Health. The product was a E-learning program and is implemented in alle Regions. In 2022 the project was funded again and its was led to a further development of two new cases regarding the somatic ill patient and psychotic patient, which will be implemented in autumn 2023.

https://www.regionh.dk/e-learning/paa_tegnebraettet/Sider/selvmordsforebyggelse.aspx

DRISP: Kate Andreasson Aamund

App for people with self-harm – MYPLAN Zero Self-Harm

Some people intentionally harm themselves to relieve mental pain. It may be difficult to stop this behavior once it has been initiated. There are, unfortunately, few treatment options for people with self-harm. One recommended approach is to develop strategies in the form of a safety plan, which can be activated if the urge for self-harm arises.

The Zero Self-Harm app was developed as an extension of the MYPLAN app. People with lived experiences, in the form of current and past self-harm, were included in the development process through focus group interviews. The app helps the user to identify warning signs and to develop strategies to cope with future crises.

Zero Self-Harm is currently being tested in a research project, which consists of: 1) a randomized study to investigate whether the Zero Self-Harm app may reduce self-harming behavior, and 2) a qualitative evaluation of barriers and facilitators for using the app. The RCT is expected to be initiated in the autumn of 2020 and to be completed in 2023.

The project is supported by the TRYG Foundation.

Drisp: Lene Qvist Larsen, Annette Erlangsen, Jette Louise Skovgaard Larsen; Kate Andreasson Aamund, Merete Nordentoft, Eybjørg A Heygum Egilsdóttir; Evelyn Guerrero

DiaS-project

A randomized study of 108 participants with recent suicide attempt and borderline personality disorder. The participants were offered either standard treatment (CAMS) or a short dialectical behavioral therapy course from the competence center for suicide prevention in Region H Psychiatry

DRISP: Kate Andreasson Aamund; Merete Nordentoft.

The study has been published in Depression & Anxiety:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/da.22472