Suicidal ideation and non-fatal deliberate self-harm presentations in the Kimberley from an enhanced police-mental health service notification database.

CONCLUSIONS: Prevalence of suicidal phenomena is very high and is likely to be much higher than estimated by this hospital based study. Such high prevalence suggests that a population level intervention is required in addition to interventions involving clinical services.
PMID: 27733662 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Australasian Psychiatry - October 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: McHugh C, Balaratnasingam S, Campbell A, Chapman M Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research