Making it safer: A health centre's strategy for suicide prevention

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-307

  McAuliffe, Nora ^a   Perry, Lynda ^a  

^a Trillium Health Centre Missassauga   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best practice project; Clinical protocols; Mental health patient safety; Patient participation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FAMILY; GUILT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; ONTARIO; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE;

EID: 36148969707     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-007-9047-x     Document Type: Article

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