12.06.2018:
We must rethink our approach to preventing suicide in mental health care. Ten years after the launch of the National guidelines for suicide prevention in mental health care (1), it transpires that every year approximately 250 people in the specialist health services take their own lives (2). This...
05.02.2018:
Current efforts in the mental health service to prevent suicide appear to be more concerned with implementing formal and instrumental procedures than ensuring best possible care for patients. Many people take their own lives or attempt suicide while they are hospitalised in psychiatric wards. Do we...