Citation

König F, Wolfersdorf MG. Anasthesiol. Intensivmed. Notfallmed. Schmerzther. 1996; 31(10): 615-620.

Vernacular Title

Zur Beurteilung von Suizidalitat im Notarztdienst.

Affiliation

Bereich Akutpsychiatrie II/Depression, Universität Ulm.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-2007-995995

PMID

9081418

Abstract

Identification and assessment of suicide risk in emergency situations depend on special circumstances and are a difficult task in daily routine. Emergency physicians and intensive care physicians usually do not have enough psychiatric experience to deal with psychotic or depressed patients in acute suicidal crisis. In this paper, the authors give an overview on diagnostic procedures which may help to assess suicidal tendencies and acute risk in emergency situations.

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