Psychiatrists and suicide
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Psychiatrists’ experiences of suicide assessment
BACKGROUND Clinical guidelines for suicide prevention often stress the identification of risk and protective factors as well as the evaluation of suicidal intent. However, we know very little about what psychiatrists actually do when they make these assessments. The aim was to investigate psychiatrists' own accounts of suicide assessment consultations, with a focus on their behaviors, attitudes...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0140-0789,2514-9954
DOI: 10.1192/s0140078900006726