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Emergency Care May be Failing to Spot Suicidal Patients
Listed On: Thursday, July 29, 2010
University of Manchester
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Emergency care may be failing to spot patients who go on to die by suicide – many of whom use these services in the year leading up to their death, suggests a small University of Manchester study. ...Continue
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Official URL: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=5980
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Summary: Emergency care may be failing to spot patients who go on to die by suicide – many of whom use these services in the year leading up to their death, suggests a small University of Manchester study. The researchers reviewed emergency department hospital records in the North West of England for 286 people who died by suicide between 2003 and 2005 and had been in contact with mental-health services within 12 months of their death. In all, emergency department data from 38 hospitals were assessed. Best practice guidance recommends that self-harming patients who seek emergency care should be given a psychosocial assessment but the researchers found little documented evidence to suggest this was happening. "Although psychiatric services clearly have a prominent role in preventing suicide in mental health patients, emergency care departments may represent an important additional setting for suicide prevention," said Research Assistant Damian Da Cruz. Frequent attenders may represent a high-risk group, and this should be recognised by emergency services.
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