A case series study of an innovative community-based brief psychological model for men in suicidal crisis

Figures & data

Figure 1. Benchmark information for CORE-OM.

Figure 2. Participant flow chart.

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the men attending for therapy.

Demographic	% (n)	Significance against CORE-OM
Ethnicity (n = 192)		p = 0.950
White British	86 (166)
Other	14 (26)
Relationship status (n = 172)		p = 0.788
Single	86 (147)
Married	9 (16)
Divorced	2 (4/)
Separated	5 (5)
Sexual orientation (n = 60)		p = 0.061
Heterosexual	85 (51)
Homosexual	12 (7)
Bisexual	3 (2)
Employment status (n = 183)		p = 0.877
Employed	39 (72)
Unemployed	37 (68)
Self-employed	4 (7)
Students	20 (36)

Table 2. CORE-OM scores for those with assessment and discharge measures (N = 56).

Outcome	Mean (SD) at assessment	Mean (SD) at discharge	F	p	Partial eta squared
General distress	82.91 (18.16)	36.41 (23.82)	195.06	<0.001	0.78
Subjective well-being	12 (2.92)	5.30 (3.76)	128.86	<0.001	0.70
Problems/symptoms	34.38 (7.27)	16.36 (10.14)	149.13	<0.001	0.73
Life functioning	24.91 (7.01)	12.88 (8.49)	119.11	<0.001	0.68
Risk/harm	9.38 (4.61)	1.88 (3.16)	138.16	<0.001	0.72

Table 3. Referrer details for men referred into the James’ Place service.

Referrer	N (%) (of 337)
Secondary care	123 (37%)
Primary care	77 (23%)
Self-referral	73 (22%)
Other	19 (6%)
Not specified	45 (13%)

Significance of referrer differences on initial CORE-OM F = (4) 1.56, p = 0.19, partial eta squared 0.02.

Table 4. Correlations and t-tests between precipitating factors and initial levels of distress.

Factor	N (%)	Significance of correlation between factors and initial CORE-OM (p)	r	Significance of t-tests of each factor against initial CORE-OM (p)	Cohens d for t-tests of each factor against initial CORE-OM
Relationship breakdown (N = 163)	71 (44%)	0.16	0.12	0.72	0.28
Gambling (N = 162)	8 (5%)	0.89	−0.03	0.79	0.02
Debt (N = 162)	42 (26%)	0.06	0.10	0.78	0.28
Bullying (N = 162)	7 (4.3%)	0.68	−0.05	0.75	0.27
University (N = 163)	23 (14%)	0.61	−0.05	0.52	0.16
Work (N = 162)	48 (30%)	0.91	−0.01	0.07	0.02
Sexuality (N = 163)	8 (5%)	0.81	−0.05	0.66	0.26
Legal problems (N = 162)	16 (10%)	0.55	0.02	0.55	0.07
Family problems (N = 162)	70 (43%)	0.93	0.09	0.72	0.21
Bereavement (N = 162)	35 (22%)	0.15	0.09	0.10	0.25
Drug misuse (N = 165)	27 (16%)	0.66	0.04	0.93	0.03
Alcohol misuse (N = 165)	29 (18%)	0.18	0.01	0.33	0.07

Missing data 47–50/212 (22–24%).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from James’ Place. Restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under license for this study. Data are available from the corresponding author with the permission of James’ Place.