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Evaluating an intervention for the elderly at increased risk of suicide
- Authors:
- MORROW-HOWELL Nancy, BECKER-KEMPPAINEN Susan, JUDY Lee
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 8(1), January 1998, pp.28-46.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Presents an evaluation of Link-Plus, a social work service provided in the USA under the auspices of a suicide prevention hot line agency. The programme targets the elderly at increased risk of suicide by virtue of depression, social isolation, and unmet needs. The evaluation found that the outreach strategy and telephone intervention service was moderately effective in treating older adults with depressive symptomatology, social isolation, and unmet need.