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Suicide risk and intervention in mental illness
Study on suicide risk assessment in mental illness underestimates inpatient suicide risk
BMJ 2016; 352 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i267 (Published 20 January 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;352:i267
- Matthew Large, psychiatrist1
- 1Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
- mmbl{at}bigpond.com
In their recent state of the art clinical review, Bolton and colleagues state “A meta-analysis of 27 studies reported a rate of 147 suicides per 100 000 inpatient years, with individual studies reporting figures as high as 860 suicides per 100 000 inpatient years.”1 However, the paper …
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