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Risk assessment and suicide by patients with schizophrenia in secondary mental healthcare: a case–control study

2016; BMJ; Volume: 6; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011929

ISSN

2044-6055

Autores

Javier-David López-Moríñigo, Rosa Ayesa‐Arriola, Beatriz Torres-Romano, Andrea Fernandes, Hitesh Shetty, Matthew Broadbent, Maria-Encarnacion Dominguez-Ballesteros, Robert Stewart, Anthony S. David, Rina Dutta,

Tópico(s)

Schizophrenia research and treatment

Resumo

To investigate the role of risk assessment in predicting suicide in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) receiving secondary mental healthcare. We postulated that risk assessment plays a limited role in predicting suicide in these patients.

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