Citation

Foster T. Br. J. Psychiatry 2015; 207(5): 371-372.

Affiliation

Tom Foster, BSc (Hons), MD, FRCPsych, correspondence c/o British Journal of Psychiatry, 21 Prescot Street, London E1 8BB, UK. Email: bjp@rcpsych.ac.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

10.1192/bjp.bp.115.165944

PMID

26527661

Abstract

Suicide prevention for people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder warrants an evidence-based approach to service design as well as clinical practice. The issue of personal responsibility (diminished when mental capacity is impaired) contributing to reduction of suicide risk has, arguably, been neglected.

Language: en