TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Police contact within 3 months of suicide and associated health service contact
JO  - British journal of psychiatry
A1  - Linsley, Keith R.
A1  - Johnson, Norbert
A1  - Martin, J.
SP  - 170
EP  - 171
VL  - 190
IS  - 
N2  - We evaluated police contact with individuals prior to suicide, using a systematic study of suicides within County Durham and Darlington over a 3-year period and analysis of police computer records covering the same area. A total of 205 cases of suicide were identified. A fifth of these (n=41) had a documented contact with police within 3 months prior to the suicide, there was an equal mixture of victims and alleged perpetrators of crime, and a significant number of those with police contact had also seen a health professional recently. As many people see a police officer in the 3 months prior to their suicide as see a mental health professional within 12 months prior to suicide. Our findings have implications for suicide prevention.     <p></p>    <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1250
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.106.021857
ID  - ref1
ER  -