Citation

Large M, Ryan CJ. BMJ 2017; 357: j1965.

Affiliation

Discipline of Psychiatry and the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.j1965

PMID

28432041

Abstract

Sinclair and Leach’s recent practice pointer perpetuates false but common myths about the risk assessment of suicide.1 The authors dismiss the findings of a recent meta-analysis of controlled studies, which concluded that risk assessment provides “false reassurance and is, therefore, …

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