TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Suicide-related contacts - Experience in general practice
JO  - Australian family physician
A1  - Harrison, Christopher
A1  - Bayram, Clare
A1  - Britt, Helena
SP  - 605
EP  - 605
VL  - 42
IS  - 9
N2  - We examined the rate of suicide-related contacts (SRCs) in general practice between April 1998 and March 2013. We defined an SRC as a general practitioner (GP)-patient encounter where suicide ideation or attempt (International Classification of Primary Care 2nd edn, code P77) was recorded as either a problem under management or a patient's reason for encounter (RFE). Between 1998 and 2013, 14 793 GPs participated in BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health) and recorded details of 1 479 300 encounters with patients. There were 406 SRC encounters. Most of these were identified through the patient's RFE and not by the GP's label of a problem managed at the encounter. Depression was the most frequent problem managed at encounters where suicidal ideation or attempt was a patient's RFE. This suggests that suicide is often subsumed in the 'depression' label and that we are only identifying a subset of encounters with patients who are dealing with suicidal thoughts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0300-8495
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -