Citation

Pitman A, Caine E. Br. J. Psychiatry 2012; 201(3): 175-177.

Affiliation

UCL Mental Health Sciences Unit, Unniversity College London, Charles Bell House, 67-73 Riding House Street, London W1W 7EJ, UK. a.pitman@ucl.ac.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

10.1192/bjp.bp.111.107805

PMID

22945924

Abstract

Evidence favours the population approach over high-risk approaches to suicide prevention, but methodological problems may have obscured the contribution of the latter. This editorial uses the findings of a recent evaluation of a high-risk approach used in England to consider the role of high-risk interventions in national suicide prevention strategies.

Language: en