TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Recent general practice contacts of hospitalised suicide attempters
JO  - New Zealand medical journal
A1  - Petrie, K.
SP  - 130
EP  - 131
VL  - 102
IS  - 864
N2  - This study investigated the timing of recent medical contact in 150 patients hospitalised for a suicide attempt. The research also examined the proportion of attempters complaining of feeling depressed or suicidal to their doctor at that recent consultation. Seventy-three percent of attempters had seen their doctor in the past three months. Contact with general practitioners was most common in the week before their attempt with 32% of all attempters visiting their doctor during this time and 56% visiting in the previous month. Of those attempters who had consulted their general practitioner prior to their attempt, only 35% had complained about feeling depressed or suicidal to their doctor. Several factors that hinder the successful identification of suicidal risk in the general practitioner-patient relationship are identified. The implications of these findings for suicide prevention are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0028-8446
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -