Table 2.
Summary of outcome data on repetition of deliberate self harm
| Category, trial | Proportion (%) of participants who repeated behaviour during follow up
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|---|---|---|
| Experimental | Control | |
| Problem solving therapy v standard aftercare | ||
| Gibbons et al (1978)30 | 27/200 (13.5) | 29/200 (14.5) |
| Hawton et al (1987)31 | 3/41 (7.3) (1*) | 6/39 (15.4) (0*) |
| Salkovskis et al (1990)32 | 3/12 (25.0) | 4/8 (50.0) |
| McLeavey et al (1994)33 | 2/19 (10.5) | 5/20 (25.0) |
| Intensive care plus outreach v standard care | ||
| Chowdhury et al (1973)36 | 17/71 (23.9) | 19/84 (22.6) |
| Welu (1977)37 | 3/62 (4.8) | 9/57 (15.8) |
| Hawton et al (1981)38 | 5/48 (10.4) (0*) | 7/48 (14.6) (0*) |
| Allard et al (1992)39 | 22/63 (34.9) (3*) | 19/63 (30.2) (1*) |
| Van Heeringen et al (1995)40 | 21/196 (10.7) (6*) | 34/195 (17.4) (7*) |
| Van der Sande et al (1997)41 | 24/140 (17.1) | 20/134 (14.9) |
| Emergency card v standard aftercare | ||
| Morgan et al (1993)21 | 5/101 (5.0) (0*) | 12/111 (10.8) (0*) |
| Cotgrove et al (1995)22 | 3/47 (6.4) | 7/58 (12.1) |
| Dialectical behaviour therapy v standard aftercare | ||
| Linehan et al (1991)27† | 5/19 (26.3) | 12/20 (60.0) |
| Inpatient behaviour therapy v inpatient insight orientated therapy | ||
| Liberman and Eckman (1981)42 | 2/12 (16.7) | 3/12 (25.0) |
| Same therapist (continuity of care) v different therapist (change of care) | ||
| Torhorst et al (1987)28 | 12/68 (17.6) | 4/73 (5.5) |
| General hospital admission v discharge | ||
| Waterhouse and Platt (1990)43 | 3/38 (7.9) | 4/39 (10.3) |
| Flupenthixol v placebo | ||
| Montgomery et al (1979)26 | 3/14 (21.4) | 12/16 (75.0) |
| Antidepressants v placebo | ||
| Hirsch et al (1982),16 R Draper, S Hirsch (personal communication) | 16/76 (21.1) (0*) | 5/38 (13.2) (0*) |
| Montgomery et al (1983)44 | 8/17 (47.1) | 12/21 (57.1) |
| Long term therapy v short term therapy | ||
| Torhorst et al (1988)45 | 9/40 (22.5) | 9/40 (22.5) |
*
Reported suicides.
†
Data supplied by authors.