TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Approaching the suicidal patient
JO  - American family physician
A1  - Stovall, Jeffrey
A1  - Domino, Frank J.
SP  - 1814
EP  - 1818
VL  - 68
IS  - 9
N2  - The suicide of a patient can be devastating to the family and to the family physician. The patient's death may shake the physician's confidence, undermine any willingness to work with patients with a mental illness, and provoke professional and legal review. In an attempt to help the family physician prevent suicide, this article reviews known risk factors and offers a strategy for assessing these factors in individual patients. The authors outline interventions that fit the existing level of risk and provide suggestions for the physician in the event of a completed suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-838X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -