Alice Demesmaeker

Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille · Division of Psychiatry

Introduction: Global suicide rates highlight the critical need for effective preventive measures. Brief contact interventions (BCIs), such as France's Vigilans program, provide cost-effective prevention strategies. This study evaluates the suicide reattempt risk following BCIs in the aftermath of suicide attempt (SA) and identifies so-ciodemographi...

Objective: The specific role of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in individuals who have attempted suicide, along with the influence of comorbid psychiatric conditions on the risk of suicide reattempt, remains unexplored. This study aims to assess the association between PTSD and suicide reattempt at 6 months among suicide attempt (SA) survivor...

Objective: Obtaining better knowledge on the outcomes of patients who attempt suicide is crucial for suicide prevention. The aim of our study was to determine the causes of death 1 year after a suicide attempt (SA) in the VigilanS program, mortality rates, and risk factors associated with any cause of death and suicide. Methods: A prospective cohor...

Patients with a psychiatric disorder have a decreased life expectancy associated with a high rate of suicide and non-psychiatric diseases. In addition, patients who have attempted suicide (SA) are at particular risk for re-attempt and premature death. First, we tried to identify risk factors for re-attempt with novel statistical approaches. Thus, p...

INTRODUCTION: Older adults have one of the highest age‐specific suicide rates in France, and the risk of suicide is higher for those living in nursing homes. The aim of our study was to assess the effectiveness of gatekeeper training for nursing home staff on the knowledge and stigmas towards suicidal crisis as well as the impact on suicidal behavi...

Introduction: Deliberate self-harm and suicide attempts share common risk factors but are associated with different epidemiological features. While the rate of suicide after deliberate self-harm has been evaluated in meta-analyses, the specific rate of death by suicide after a previous suicide attempt has never been assessed. The aim of our study w...

Introduction Recent pharmacoepidemiological studies have suggested that certain classes of psychotropic drugs could be considered protective or risk factors for suicidal behaviour. However, very few studies have explored the association between certain classes of psychotropic drugs and the risk of suicide attempt (SA) or death by suicide for patien...

OBJECTIVE: Understanding the cumulative effect of several risk factors involved in suicidal behavior is crucial for the development of effective prevention plans. The objective of this study is to provide clinicians with a simple predictive model of the risk of suicide attempts and suicide within 6 months after suicide attempt. METHODS: A prospecti...

Introduction: Suicide prevention is a major objective in public health. The development of alternative approaches to the prevention of suicide, such as monitoring systems, is growing quickly. The results are encouraging, but the analysis of the effectiveness remains complex. The objective of this study is to evaluate the medico-economic impact of t...