Follow up care is the key to cutting suicide rate

Author:
WELLARD Sarah
Journal article citation:
Community Care, 22.3.01, 2001, pp.10-11.
Publisher:
Reed Business Information

A new study suggests that the number of suicides by people with mental illness could be radically reduced through an overhaul of the Care Programme Approach. Reports on ideas for making mental health services safer for users and the public alike.

Subject terms:
mental health problems, homicide, hospital discharge, risk, suicide, assessment, care planning, community care;
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ISSN print:
0307-5508

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