Suicidal ideation among outpatients at general neurology clinics: prospective study

Abstract
As part of another study,3 300 of 312 consecutive new patients at the general neurology outpatient clinics at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, were interviewed using the primary care evaluation of mental disorders (PRIME-MD) structured psychiatric interview schedule.4 As part of the interview all patients were asked: “In the last two weeks, have you had thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way?”