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Suicides in Users of Mental Health Care Services: Treatment Characteristics and Hindsight Reflections
Author(s) -
Huisman Annemiek,
Kerkhof Ad J.F.M.,
Robben Paul B.M.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.2010.00015.x
Subject(s) - hindsight bias , mental health care , mental health , health care , medicine , continuity of care , psychiatry , sample (material) , psychology , social psychology , economics , economic growth , chemistry , chromatography
The current study aims to describe the patient and treatment characteristics of a sample of 505 suicides by mental health care patients, and to determine how clinicians view the care provided and what they learned. The results indicate that the quality of mental health care for suicidal patients could be improved by focusing on communication among clinicians, continuity of care, suicide risk assessment procedures, and the involvement of relatives.