Citation

Beautrais AL. Lancet Psychiatry 2014; 1(3): 165-167.

Affiliation

School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Electronic address: louis.beautrais@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S2215-0366(14)70304-9

PMID

26360713

Abstract

Suicidal behaviour is a pervasive, persistent, and pressing public health problem, resulting in millions of suicide-related visits to emergency departments worldwide each year. Emergency department presentation rates in psychiatric and suicidal populations continue to increase.1 Substantial evidence shows that a history of suicide attempt is the most salient risk factor for further suicide attempts and for death by suicide.2,3 About half of those who die by suicide have made at least one previous suicide attempt, and among those who have made suicide attempts, an estimated one in 25 will die by suicide in the subsequent 5 years....

Language: en