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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1974) 124: 470-472. doi: 10.1192/bjp.124.5.470
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The B.B.C. `Befrienders' Series and its Effects

T. A. HOLDING B.M., M.R.C.Psych.1

1 MRC Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry, University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF

The effects of `The Befrienders'—a B.B.C.1 series portraying the Samaritans as a suicide prevention service—was monitored on new client Samaritan referrals and parasuicide admissions to the R.P.T.C. in Edinburgh. There was a marked increase in the numbers of new Samaritan clients, but no preventive effect on parasuicides known to the hospital services was observed. The evidence supports the view that in Edinburgh the Samaritans function more as a crisis intervention service rather than as a parasuicide prevention service.

Submitted on May 29, 1973




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