Attendance at the accident and emergency department in the year before suicide: Retrospective study

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Authors

Isaura Gairin · South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Abstract

Although many suicides are preceded by recent attendance at accident and emergency departments due to non-fatal self-harm, local mental health service records may show no recent contact. Suicide prevention might be enhanced were accident and emergency departments and mental health services to work together more closely.

Topics & Keywords

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse Restraint-Related Deaths

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The British Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 183, Issue 1, pp. 28-33

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.183.1.28

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