Isn't it a bit risky to dismiss suicide risk assessment?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 385-386

  Draper, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CHECKLIST; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; NOTE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE;

EID: 84865277794     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867411433222     Document Type: Note

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