The BEACON Study: Smartphone-Assisted Problem-Solving Therapy in Men Presenting to the ED With Self-Harm (Protocol A)

"Emergency Departments randomized to the study intervention will receive:~1. Staff education incorporated into regular teaching rounds at least twice a year about the management of self-harm in the Emergency Department. This will include the dissemination of guidelines on how to ask questions about suicide, assessment of suicide risk, the creation of a management plan and how to refer patients to local mental health resources, including the study.~2. Written materials developed by service users for men who self-harm that outline local resources, distress centre helplines, and follow-up arrangements.~3. The option to refer men who self-harm to a service that will deliver smartphone-assisted PST specifically designed for men."