Healio (4/11, Herpen) reports, “A treatment mode specifically targeting prevention of addiction-related suicide is superior to customary care for improving knowledge, behaviors and help-seeking,” investigators concluded in a 906-patient study that “sought to evaluate the effectiveness of Preventing Addiction Related Suicide (PARS) treatment module on a wide range of suicide-related outcomes compared with customary care for those dealing with substance use disorders (SUD).” The findings were published online April 6 in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Suicide prevention module superior to usual care for adults with substance use disorder “Robert Herpen, MA, Healio, April 11, 2022