Citation

Rihmer Z. Int. J. Psychiatry Clin. Prac. 1997; 1(2): 131-134.

Affiliation

National Institute for Psychiatry and Neurology, Budapest, Hungary.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.3109/13651509709024714

PMID

24936667

Abstract

Suicide is a major health problem throughout the world. After briefly describing the risk factors for suicide, the author focuses on depression, which is the major cause of suicide. Depression is a common illness, treatable not only in psychiatric settings, but also in primary care and general medicine. Consequently, physicians other than psychiatrists (primarily general practitioners) have an important role in suicide prevention.

Language: en