Improving general practitioners' assessment and management of suicide risk

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 133-138

  Paxton, Roger ^a   MacDonald, Fiona ^b   Allott, Rory ^c   Mitford, Peter ^d   Proctor, Susan ^d   Smith, Margaret ^e  

^a TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITALS SUNDERLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Northumberland Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; General practice; Risk; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BOOK; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MANUALS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0035237529     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860110391630     Document Type: Article

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