Attendance at the accident and emergency department in the year before suicide: Retrospective study
- 1 July 2003
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 183 (1) , 28-33
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.183.1.28
Abstract
Background The National Confidential Inquiry into suicides in England and Wales found that a quarter of suicides are preceded by mental health service contact in the year before death. However, visits to accident and emergency departments due to self-harm may not lead to a record of mental health service contact.Keywords
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