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Appendices

Appendix 1. CCDANCTR Search Strategy

Search Strategy 1956 to 2015:

CCDANCTR

Date range searched: 01.01.56 to 30.01.15.
#1. ((deliberat* or self*) NEXT (destruct* or harm* or injur* or mutilat* or poison*)):ab,ti,kw,ky,emt,mh,mc
#2. DSH:ab
#3. (parasuicid* or “para suicid*”)
#4. (suicid* NEAR2 (attempt* or episod* or frequen* or future or histor* or multiple or previous* or recur* or repeat* or repetition)):ab,ti,kw,ky,emt,mh,mc
#5. “post suicid*”
#6. (suicid* and (BPD or “borderline personality disorder”))
#7. (overdos* or “over dos*”)
#8. ((crisis or suicid*) NEAR (emergenc* or hospital or outpatient or “repeat* attend*” or “frequent* attend*” )):ab,ti,kw,ky,emt,mh,mc
#9. (#1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7 or #8)
Notes: ab: abstract; ti: title; kw: keywords; ky: additional keywords; emt: EMTREE headings; mh: MeSH headings; mc: MeSH checkwords.

Appendix 2. EMBASE, MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, PsycINFO and CENTRAL Search Strategies

Search Strategy 1998 to 2013:

EMBASE, MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, PsycINFO (OVID SP interface)

Date range searched: 01.01.1998 to 13.10.2013.
1. automutilation/ or drug overdose/ or exp suicidal behavior/
2. 1 use emez
3. overdose/ or self‐injurious behavior/ or self mutilation/ or suicide/ or suicidal ideation/ or suicide, attempted/
4. 3 use mesz, prem
5. drug overdoses/ or self destructive behavior/ or exp self injurious behavior/ or attempted suicide/ or suicidal ideation/ or suicide/ or suicide prevention/ or suicide prevention centers/ or suicidology/
6. 5 use psyh
7. (auto mutilat$ or automutilat$ or cutt$ or head bang$ or head bang$ or overdos$ or (self adj2 cut$) or self destruct$ or selfdestruct$ or self harm$ or selfharm$ or self immolat$ or selfimmolat$ or self inflict$ or selfinflict$ or self injur$ or selfinjur$ or selfmutilat$ or self mutilat$ or self poison$ or selfpoison$ or suicid$).ti,ab.
8. or/2,4,6‐7
9. exp "clinical trial (topic)"/ or exp clinical trial/ or crossover procedure/ or double blind procedure/ or placebo/ or randomization/ or random sample/ or single blind procedure/
10. 9 use emez
11. exp clinical trial/ or exp "clinical trials as topic"/ or cross‐over studies/ or double‐blind method/ or placebos/ or random allocation/ or single‐blind method/
12. 11 use mesz, prem
13. (clinical trials or placebo or random sampling).sh,id.
14. 13 use psyh
15. (clinical adj2 trial$).ti,ab.
16. (crossover or cross over).ti,ab.
17. (((single$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj2 blind$) or mask$ or dummy or doubleblind$ or singleblind$ or trebleblind$ or tripleblind$).ti,ab.
18. (placebo$ or random$).ti,ab.
19. treatment outcome$.md. use psyh
20. animals/ not human$.mp. use emez
21. animal$/ not human$/ use mesz
22. (animal not human).po. use psyh
23. (or/10,12,14‐19) not (or/20‐22)
24. 8 and 23

CENTRAL (Wiley interface)

Date range searched: 01.01.1998 to 13.10.2013.

#1. MeSH descriptor: [Drug Overdose], this term only
#2. MeSH descriptor: [Self‐Injurious Behavior], this term only
#3. MeSH descriptor: [Self Mutilation], this term only
#4. MeSH descriptor: [Suicide], this term only
#5. MeSH descriptor: [Suicide, Attempted], this term only
#6. MeSH descriptor: [Suicidal Ideation], this term only
#7. auto mutilat*" or automutilat* or cutt* or "head bang*" or headbang* or overdos* or "self destruct*" or selfdestruct* or "self harm*" or selfharm* or "self immolat*" or selfimmolat* or "self inflict*" or selfinflict* or "self injur*" or selfinjur* or selfmutilat* or "self mutilat*" or "self poison*" or selfpoison* or suicid*:ti
#8. "auto mutilat*" or automutilat* or cutt* or "head bang*" or "head bang*" or overdos* or "self destruct*" or selfdestruct* or "self harm*" or selfharm* or "self immolat*" or selfimmolat* or "self inflict*" or selfinflict* or "self injur*" or selfinjur* or selfmutilat* or "self mutilat*" or "self poison*" or selfpoison* or suicid*:ab
#9. #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7 or #8

Appendix 3. Journals hand‐searched for relevant literature in the original version of this review

1. Archives of Suicide Research (1995‐1998);
2. Crisis (1980‐1998);
3. Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior (1971‐1998);
4. Der Nervenarzt (1950‐1979);
5. Journal of Adolescence (1978‐1996);
6. Journal of Affective Disorders (1994‐1996);
7. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1978‐1996);
8. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (1978‐1996);
9. Journal of Psychiatric Research (1961‐1972) and (1985‐1996);
10. Social Psychiatry (1966‐1987), and
11. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology (1988‐1996).

Appendix 4. Data collection and analysis methods used for the original review

Selection of studies

In the original version of this review, Sarah Stockton, Librarian at the University of Oxford, conducted the systematic search for trials. Two out of TTS, EA, ET, and KH then independently screened the titles of identified trials for relevancy. A distinction was made between:

1) eligible studies, in which any psychological and/or psychopharmacological treatment was compared with a control (e.g. standard or less intensive types of aftercare or medication), and;

2) ineligible general treatment studies, without any control treatment.

A second screening was then undertaken in which two of TTS, EA, ET, and KH independently screened the full text of relevant studies with reference to the following inclusion criteria:

1. All participants must have engaged in SH (self‐poisoning or self‐injury) shortly prior to randomisation;

2. Studies must have reported the number of participants engaging in a repeat episode of SH as an outcome measure;

3. Study participants must have been randomised to the treatment and control groups.

Data extraction and management

Data extraction was carried out by EA and second member of the review group (TTS, ET, or KH) using a standardised data extraction form. Members of the review team extracted data independently from one another. Disputes were resolved through consensus discussions with a third member of the review group, with assistance from the CCDAN editorial base.

We extracted data from each eligible trial concerning the characteristics of patients, the details of the interventions used, and information on the number of participants engaging in a repeat episode of SH during the follow‐up period. Where these details were unclear, corresponding authors were contacted to provide additional clarification.

Assessment of risk of bias

For the original version of this review, the quality of the studies was rated by three independent review authors (EA and ET plus another member of the review group). Review authors were blind to authorship according to the recommended Cochrane criteria for quality assessment (Sackett 1997).

Given that the quality of concealment of allocation can affect the results of trials (Schulz 1995), studies were assigned a quality of concealment rating ranging from C (poor quality) to A (high quality). Trials rated as inadequately concealed, for example via reference to an open random number table, were given a rating of C. Trials that did not provide adequate details about how the randomisation procedure was carried out were given a rating of B, and trials that were deemed to have taken adequate measures to conceal allocation, for example through the use of serially numbered, opaque, sealed envelopes and numbered or coded bottles or containers, were rated as A quality. Where the concealment of allocation was not clearly reported (i.e. where trials were initially in category B), we contacted corresponding authors for more information. Where raters disagreed as to the category to which a trial should be been allocated, the final rating was made by consensus discussion in consultation with TTS, KH, and a third member of the review group.

Measures of treatment effect

RevMan, version 3.0, was used to calculate summary odds ratios and accompanying 95% CIs for the number of participants engaging in a repeat episode of SH during the follow‐up period.

Unit of analysis issues

1. Cluster trials

Clustering was an issue in one included study (Bennewith 2002), however, as the authors reported adjusting for the effects of clustering in their primary analyses, we reproduced the data from this study as if it came from a non‐cluster randomised study.

2. Studies with multiple treatment groups

One included study presented data for multiple treatment groups (Hirsch 1982). As both treatment groups were prescribed antidepressants in this study, we combined the data from these two treatment arms.

Dealing with missing data

Where data on the primary outcome measure were incomplete or excluded from the study, corresponding author(s) were contacted to obtain further information. Some authors used intention to treat analyses to account for missing data using a variety of different methods which are discussed within the 'Risk of bias' tables. We as review authors did not attempt to impute data for those studies in which intention‐to‐treat analyses had not been conducted, however. Instead, the effects of missing data were discussed in the text of the review.

Assessment of heterogeneity

Clinical heterogeneity was examined using the Chi2 test. Where this statistic was significant, potential causes of heterogeneity were investigated as outlined in the "Subgroup analysis and investigation of heterogeneity" section below.

Assessment of reporting biases

To assess whether any meta‐analysis reported in this review are affected by reporting bias, we planned to construct funnel plots to investigate the likelihood that the results of our meta‐analysis were affected by reporting bias. We were unable to undertake these analyses, however, due to the very small number of trials included in our meta‐analyses.

Data synthesis

The Mantel‐Haenszel fixed‐effect method was used to calculate pooled summary ORs and accompanying 95% CIs.

Subgroup analysis and investigation of heterogeneity

In analyses resulting in significant heterogeneity, as indicated by the Chi2 test, an investigation into the source of this heterogeneity was conducted. We had planned to conduct subgroup analyses by repeater status and gender, however, there were insufficient studies with appropriate data to enable these analyses to be undertaken.

Sensitivity analysis

Sensitivity analyses were undertaken where appropriate (e.g., in relation to risk of bias of included trials in the relative intensity of treatment).

Prisma flow diagram
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Figure 1

Prisma flow diagram

Risk of bias graph: Review authors' judgements for each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.

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Figure 2

Risk of bias graph: Review authors' judgements for each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.

Risk of bias summary graph: Review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.

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Figure 3

Risk of bias summary graph: Review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 1: Repetition of SH post‐intervention

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Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 1: Repetition of SH post‐intervention

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 2: Frequency of SH post‐intervention

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Analysis 1.2

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 2: Frequency of SH post‐intervention

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 3: Number of individual psychotherapy sessions attended

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Analysis 1.3

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 3: Number of individual psychotherapy sessions attended

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 4: Number of family therapy sessions attended

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Analysis 1.4

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 4: Number of family therapy sessions attended

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 5: Number completing full course of treatment

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Analysis 1.5

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 5: Number completing full course of treatment

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 6: Depression scores post‐intervention

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Analysis 1.6

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 6: Depression scores post‐intervention

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 7: Hopelessness scores post‐intervention

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Analysis 1.7

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 7: Hopelessness scores post‐intervention

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 8: Suicidal ideation scores post‐intervention

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Analysis 1.8

Comparison 1: Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 8: Suicidal ideation scores post‐intervention

Comparison 2: Group‐based psychotherapy vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 1: Repetition of SH at six months

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Analysis 2.1

Comparison 2: Group‐based psychotherapy vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 1: Repetition of SH at six months

Comparison 2: Group‐based psychotherapy vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 2: Repetition of SH at 12 months

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Analysis 2.2

Comparison 2: Group‐based psychotherapy vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 2: Repetition of SH at 12 months

Comparison 2: Group‐based psychotherapy vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 3: Depression scores at six months

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Analysis 2.3

Comparison 2: Group‐based psychotherapy vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 3: Depression scores at six months

Comparison 2: Group‐based psychotherapy vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 4: Depression scores at 12 months

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Analysis 2.4

Comparison 2: Group‐based psychotherapy vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 4: Depression scores at 12 months

Comparison 2: Group‐based psychotherapy vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 5: Suicidal ideation scores at six months

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Analysis 2.5

Comparison 2: Group‐based psychotherapy vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 5: Suicidal ideation scores at six months

Comparison 2: Group‐based psychotherapy vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 6: Suicidal ideation scores at 12 months

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Analysis 2.6

Comparison 2: Group‐based psychotherapy vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management, Outcome 6: Suicidal ideation scores at 12 months

Summary of findings 1. Comparison 1: individual CBT‐based psychotherapy versus treatment as usual

CBT‐based psychotherapy compared to treatment as usual

Patient or population: children and adolescents who engage in SH.
Settings: outpatient.
Intervention: individual CBT‐based psychotherapy.
Comparison: treatment as usual.

Outcomes

Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

Number of participants
(studies)

Quality of the evidence
(GRADE)

Comments

Assumed risk

Corresponding risk

Treatment as usual

CBT‐based psychotherapy

Repetition of SH at six months

Study population

OR 1.88
(0.3 to 11.73)

39
(1 RCT)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
VERY LOW1,2

Quality was downgraded as information on allocation concealment, participant blinding, outcome assessor blinding, and selective outcome reporting was not adequately described. The trial was further downgraded as the same therapists delivered both the intervention and control treatments leading to possible confounding which could have led to a reduction in the demonstrated effect.

111 per 1000

190 per 1000
(36 to 595)

*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% CI) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
CBT: cognitive behavioural therapy; CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; RCT: randomised controlled trial; SH: self‐harm.

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.

1 Risk of bias was rated as VERY SERIOUS as information on allocation concealment, participant blinding, outcome assessor blinding, and selective outcome reporting was not adequately described raising the possibility of selection bias, performance bias, detection bias, and reporting bias. Given that the same therapists delivered both the intervention and control treatments in this trial, there is also the possibility of confounding which could have led to a reduction in the demonstrated effect.

2 Imprecision was rated as SERIOUS owing to the wide confidence interval associated with the estimate of treatment effect.

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Summary of findings 1. Comparison 1: individual CBT‐based psychotherapy versus treatment as usual
Summary of findings 2. Comparison 2: interventions for patients with multiple episodes of SH or emerging personality problems versus treatment as usual or routine management

Dialectical behaviour therapy or mentalisation for adolescents compared to treatment as usual or other routine management

Patient or population: children and adolescents who engage in SH.
Settings: outpatients.
Intervention: dialectical behaviour therapy or mentalisation for adolescents.
Comparison: treatment as usual or other routine management (i.e., enhanced usual care)

Outcomes

Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

Number of participants
(studies)

Quality of the evidence
(GRADE)

Comments

Assumed risk

Corresponding risk

Treatment as usual

Interventions for patients with multiple episodes of SH or emerging personality problems

Dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents (DBT‐A)

Repetition of SH at post‐intervention

151 per 1000

113 per 1000

(21 per 439)

OR 0.72

(0.12 to 4.40)

105

(2 RCTs)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOW1,2

Quality was downgraded as neither participants nor clinical personnel were blind as to treatment allocation. Quality was further downgraded due to imprecision in the effect size estimate.

Frequency of SH at post‐intervention

The mean frequency of SH episodes at post‐intervention in the intervention group was 0.79 lower (2.78 lower to 1.20 higher)

104

(2 RCTs)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOW1,2

Quality was downgraded as neither participants nor clinical personnel were blind as to treatment allocation. Quality was further downgraded due to imprecision in the effect size estimate.

Mentalisation

Repetition of SH at post‐intervention

829 per 1000

557 per 1000

(303 to 790)

OR 0.26

(0.09 to 0.78)

71

(1 RCT)

⊕⊕⊕⊝
MODERATE1

Quality was downgraded as the nature of this intervention means it is unlikely participants and clinical personnel would have been blind to treatment allocation.

*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g., the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% CI) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; RCT: randomised controlled trial; SH: self‐harm.

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.

1 Risk of bias was rated as SERIOUS as the nature of the intervention means that clinical personnel could not have remained blind to treatment allocation suggesting that performance and detection bias may have been present.

2 Imprecision was rated as SERIOUS owing to the wide confidence interval associated with the estimate of treatment effect.

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Summary of findings 2. Comparison 2: interventions for patients with multiple episodes of SH or emerging personality problems versus treatment as usual or routine management
Summary of findings 3. Comparison 5: group‐based psychotherapy versus treatment as usual

Group‐based psychotherapy compared to treatment as usual

Patient or population: children and adolescents who engage in SH.
Settings: outpatient.
Intervention: group‐based psychotherapy.
Comparison: treatment as usual

Outcomes

Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

Number of participants
(studies)

Quality of the evidence
(GRADE)

Comments

Assumed risk

Corresponding risk

Treatment as usual

Group‐based psychotherapy

Repetition of SH at six months

Study population

OR 1.72
(0.56 to 5.24)

430
(2 RCTs)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOW1,2

Quality was downgraded as the nature of this intervention means it is unlikely participants and clinical personnel would have been blind to treatment allocation. Quality was further downgraded due to imprecision in the effect size estimate.

726 per 1000

820 per 1000
(597 to 933)

Repetition of SH at 12 months

Study population

OR 0.8
(0.22 to 2.97)

490
(3 RCTs)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOW1,2

Quality was downgraded as the nature of this intervention means it is unlikely participants and clinical personnel would have been blind to treatment allocation. Quality was further downgraded due to imprecision in the effect size estimate.

588 per 1000

533 per 1000
(239 to 809)

*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g., the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% CI) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; RCT: randomised controlled trial; SH: self‐harm.

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.

1 Risk of bias was rated as SERIOUS as the nature of the intervention means that clinical personnel could not have remained blind to treatment allocation suggesting that performance and detection bias may have been present.

2 Imprecision was rated as SERIOUS owing to the wide confidence interval associated with the estimate of treatment effect.

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Summary of findings 3. Comparison 5: group‐based psychotherapy versus treatment as usual
Summary of findings 4. Comparison 6: therapeutic assessment versus treatment as usual (i.e., standard assessment)

Therapeutic assessment compared to treatment as usual (i.e., standard psychosocial assessment) for self‐harm in children and adolescents

Patient or population: children and adolescents who engage in SH.
Settings: outpatients.
Intervention: therapeutic assessment.
Comparison: treatment as usual (i.e., standard psychosocial assessment).

Outcomes

Illustrative comparative risks*
(95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

Number of participants
(studies)

Quality of the evidence
(GRADE)

Comments

Assumed risk

Corresponding risk

Standard psychosocial assessment

Therapeutic assessment

Repetition of SH at 12 months

Study population

OR 0.75
(0.18 to 3.06)

69
(1 RCT)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOW1,2

Quality was downgraded as the nature of this intervention means it is unlikely participants and clinical personnel would have been blind to treatment allocation. Quality was further downgraded due to imprecision in the effect size estimate.

147 per 1000

115 per 1000
(30 to 345)

Repetition of SH at 24 months

Study population

OR 0.69
(0.23 to 2.14)

69
(1 RCT)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOW1,2

Quality was downgraded as the nature of this intervention means it is unlikely participants and clinical personnel would have been blind to treatment allocation. Quality was further downgraded due to imprecision in the effect size estimate.

265 per 1000

199 per 1000
(76 to 435)

*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g., the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% CI) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; RCT: randomised controlled trial; SH: self‐harm.

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.

1 Risk of bias was rated as SERIOUS as the nature of the intervention means that clinical personnel could not have remained blind to treatment allocation suggesting that performance and detection bias may have been present.

2 Imprecision was rated as SERIOUS owing to the wide confidence interval associated with the estimate of treatment effect.

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Summary of findings 4. Comparison 6: therapeutic assessment versus treatment as usual (i.e., standard assessment)
Summary of findings 5. Comparison 7: compliance enhancement plus treatment as usual (i.e., standard disposition planning) versus treatment as usual

Compliance enhancement plus treatment as usual (i.e., standard disposition planning) compared to treatment as usual

Patient or population: children and adolescents who engage in SH.
Settings: outpatient.
Intervention: compliance enhancement plus standard disposition planning.
Comparison: treatment as usual (i.e., standard disposition planning).

Outcomes

Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

Number of participants
(studies)

Quality of the evidence
(GRADE)

Comments

Assumed risk

Corresponding risk

Treatment as usual

Standard disposition planning

Repetition of SH by six months

Study population

OR 0.67
(0.15 to 3.08)

63
(1 RCT)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
VERY LOW1,2

Quality was downgraded as the nature of this intervention means it is unlikely participants and clinical personnel would have been blind to treatment allocation. Quality was further downgraded as details on blinding of outcome assessors, incomplete data and selective reporting was not adequately described. Lastly, due to imprecision in the effect size estimate, quality was further downgraded.

147 per 1000

104 per 1000
(25 to 347)

*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g., the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% CI) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; RCT: randomised controlled trial; SH: self‐harm.

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.

1 Risk of bias was rated as VERY SERIOUS as the nature of the intervention means that participants and clinical personnel could not have remained blind to treatment allocation suggesting that performance and detection bias may have been present. Additionally, details on blinding of outcome assessors, incomplete data and selective reporting was not adequately described.

2 Imprecision was rated as SERIOUS owing to the wide confidence interval associated with the estimate of treatment effect.

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Summary of findings 5. Comparison 7: compliance enhancement plus treatment as usual (i.e., standard disposition planning) versus treatment as usual
Summary of findings 6. Comparison 8: home‐based family intervention versus treatment as usual

Home‐based family intervention compared to treatment as usual

Patient or population: children and adolescents who engage in SH.
Settings: outpatients.
Intervention: home‐based family intervention.
Comparison: treatment as usual.

Outcomes

Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

Number of participants
(studies)

Quality of the evidence
(GRADE)

Comments

Assumed risk

Corresponding
risk

Treatment as usual

Home‐based family intervention

Repetition of SH at six months

Study population

OR 1.02
(0.41 to 2.51)

149
(1 RCT)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOW 1

Quality was downgraded as the nature of this intervention means it is unlikely participants and clinical personnel would have been blind to treatment allocation.

147 per 1000

149 per 1000
(66 to 301)

*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g., the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% CI) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; RCT: randomised controlled trial; SH: self‐harm.

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.

1 Risk of bias was rated as SERIOUS as the nature of the intervention means that participants and clinical personnel could not have remained blind to treatment allocation suggesting that performance and detection bias may have been present.

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Summary of findings 6. Comparison 8: home‐based family intervention versus treatment as usual
Summary of findings 7. Comparison 9: remote contact interventions versus treatment as usual

Remote contact interventions compared to treatment as usual

Patient or population: children and adolescents who engage in SH.
Settings: outpatients.
Intervention: remote contact interventions (emergency card).
Comparison: treatment as usual.

Outcomes

Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

Number of participants
(studies)

Quality of the evidence
(GRADE)

Comments

Assumed risk

Corresponding risk

Treatment as usual

Emergency card

Repetition of SH at 12 months

Study population

OR 0.5
(0.12 to 2.04)

105
(1 RCT)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
VERY LOW 1,2

Quality was downgraded as an open random numbers table was used to generate the allocation sequence and, as allocation was not concealed, there is possible selection bias. Quality was further downgraded as the nature of this intervention means it is unlikely participants and clinical personnel would have been blind to treatment allocation and, as no details on outcome assessor blinding were provided, performance and detection bias cannot be ruled out. Lastly, there was an error in the randomisation sequence such that five participants in the intervention group either did not receive emergency cards, or alternatively, received them only after a delay thereby invalidating follow‐up data for these five individuals.

121 per 1000

64 per 1000
(16 to 219)

*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g., the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% CI) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; RCT: randomised controlled trial; SH: self‐harm.

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.

1 Risk of bias was rated as VERY SERIOUS as the nature of the intervention means that participants and clinical personnel could not have remained blind to treatment allocation suggesting that performance and detection bias may have been present. Additionally, as an open random numbers table was used to generate the allocation sequence and, as allocation was not concealed, there is possible selection bias. There was also an error in the randomisation sequence resulting in five participants in the intervention group either not receiving the cards, or alternatively, not receiving them until after a substantial delay thereby invalidating follow‐up data for these individuals.

2 Imprecision was rated as SERIOUS owing to the wide confidence interval associated with the estimate of treatment effect.

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Summary of findings 7. Comparison 9: remote contact interventions versus treatment as usual
Table 1. Methods used for the index episode of self‐harm in included studies

Reference

Method 1

Self‐poisoning

(any)

n (%)

Self‐poisoning

(alcohol)

n (%)

Self‐injury

(any)

n (%)

Combined self‐

poisoning

and self‐injury

n (%)

Cotgrove 19952

94 (89.6)

7 (6.6)

2 (1.9)

Donaldson 20053

33 (84.6)

Green 2011

5 (2.7)

67 (36.6)

111 (60.7)

Harrington 1998

162 (100)

Ougrin 2011a

28 (40.0)

37 (52.8)

5 (7.2)

Spirito 20024

54 (85.7)

1 Refers to method used for the index episode.

2 The method used by the remaining two (1.9%) participants was not reported.

3 The method used by the remaining six (15.4%) participants was not reported.

4 The method used by the remaining nine (14.3%) participants was not reported.

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Table 1. Methods used for the index episode of self‐harm in included studies
Table 2. Psychiatric diagnoses in included studies

Reference

Psychiatric diagnosis1

Major

depression

n (%)

Any other
mood

disorder

n (%)

Any anxiety

disorder

n (%)

Post‐

traumatic

stress

disorder

n (%)

Any eating

disorder

n (%)

Alcohol use

disorder/

dependence

n (%)

Drug use

disorder/

dependence

n (%)

Substance use

disorder/

dependence

n (%)

Oppositional

defiance

disorder

n (%)

Conduct

disorder

n (%)

Any other

behaviour

disorder

n (%)

Borderline

personality

disorder

n (%)

Cooney 2010

23 (79.3)

24 (82.7)

7 (24.1)

9 (31.0)

8 (27.6)

Cotgrove 1995

Information on psychiatric diagnosis not provided.

Donaldson 2005

9 (29.0)

6 (19.3)

14 (45.2)

14 (45.2)

Green 2011

227 (62.0)

122 (22.2)

Harrington 1998

109 (67.3)

17 (10.5)

Hazell 2009

41 (56.9)

3 (4.2)

5 (6.9)2

Mehlum 2014

17 (22.1)

29 (37.7)

33 (42.9)

13 (16.9)

6 (7.8)

2 (2.6)

15 (20.5)

Ougrin 2011a3

Rossouw 2012a

77 (96.2)

35 (43.7)

27.5 (28.0)

58 (72.5)

Spirito 20024

1 (2.2)

6 (13.0)

4 (8.7)

6 (13.0)

5 (10.9)

6 (13.0)

Wood 2001a

52 (83.9)

42 (68.8)2

1 All diagnoses refer to current, rather than lifetime, diagnoses. The total percentages were more than 100% in some studies due to comorbidity.

2 Conduct disorder or oppositional defiance disorder.

3 The authors state that 53/70 (75.7%) participants had previous contact with mental health services. Diagnoses are only provided in broad categories, however. Specifically, 42/70 (60.0%) were diagnosed with an "emotional disorder," 9/70 (12.8%) were diagnosed with a "disruptive disorder," and 2/70 (2.8%) were diagnosed with "another disorder."

4 Information on psychiatric diagnoses were available for only 46 of the 63 participants.

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Table 2. Psychiatric diagnoses in included studies
Comparison 1. Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1.1 Repetition of SH post‐intervention Show forest plot

3

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

1.1.1 DBT‐A

2

105

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.72 [0.12, 4.40]

1.1.2 Mentalisation

1

71

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.26 [0.09, 0.78]

1.2 Frequency of SH post‐intervention Show forest plot

2

104

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

‐0.79 [‐2.78, 1.20]

1.2.1 DBT‐A

2

104

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

‐0.79 [‐2.78, 1.20]

1.3 Number of individual psychotherapy sessions attended Show forest plot

2

106

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

9.14 [‐4.39, 22.66]

1.3.1 DBT‐A

2

106

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

9.14 [‐4.39, 22.66]

1.4 Number of family therapy sessions attended Show forest plot

2

106

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

0.93 [‐7.01, 8.86]

1.4.1 DBT‐A

2

106

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

0.93 [‐7.01, 8.86]

1.5 Number completing full course of treatment Show forest plot

1

80

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

1.35 [0.56, 3.27]

1.5.1 Mentalisation

1

80

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

1.35 [0.56, 3.27]

1.6 Depression scores post‐intervention Show forest plot

2

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

1.6.1 DBT‐A

1

77

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

‐2.39 [‐5.02, 0.24]

1.6.2 Mentalisation

1

80

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

‐2.28 [‐2.81, ‐1.75]

1.7 Hopelessness scores post‐intervention Show forest plot

2

101

Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

‐0.13 [‐0.93, 0.67]

1.7.1 DBT‐A

2

101

Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

‐0.13 [‐0.93, 0.67]

1.8 Suicidal ideation scores post‐intervention Show forest plot

2

100

Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

‐0.62 [‐1.07, ‐0.16]

1.8.1 DBT‐A

2

100

Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

‐0.62 [‐1.07, ‐0.16]

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Comparison 1. Dialectical behaviour therapy/mentalisation for adolescents vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management
Comparison 2. Group‐based psychotherapy vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

2.1 Repetition of SH at six months Show forest plot

2

430

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

1.72 [0.56, 5.24]

2.2 Repetition of SH at 12 months Show forest plot

3

490

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.80 [0.22, 2.97]

2.3 Depression scores at six months Show forest plot

2

420

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

0.40 [‐2.76, 3.55]

2.4 Depression scores at 12 months Show forest plot

3

473

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

‐0.93 [‐4.03, 2.17]

2.5 Suicidal ideation scores at six months Show forest plot

2

421

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

1.27 [‐7.74, 10.28]

2.6 Suicidal ideation scores at 12 months Show forest plot

3

471

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

‐1.51 [‐9.62, 6.59]

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Comparison 2. Group‐based psychotherapy vs. Treatment as usual or other routine management