Suicide risk assessment and intervention in people with mental illness

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bolton, James M ^a   Gunnell, David ^b   Turecki, Gustavo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; KETAMINE; LITHIUM; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AUTOMUTILATION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; COLUMBIA SUICIDE SEVERITY RATING SCALE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPEATED EPISODES OF SELF HARM SCORE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE INTENT SCALE; SUICIDE TRIGGER SCALE; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; KETAMINE; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84949035023     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h4978     Document Type: Review

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