Can we usefully stratify patients according to suicide risk?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 359, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Large, Matthew Michael ^a   Ryan, Christopher James ^b   Carter, Gregory ^c   Kapur, Nav ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT RISK; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; AUTOMUTILATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 85032854785     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j4627     Document Type: Article

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