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Management of suicide risk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

H. G. Morgan
H. G. Morgan*
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Department of Mental Health, 41 St Michaels Hill, Bristol BS2 8DZ
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The risk of suicide pervades much of day-to-day clinical practice. Effective management encompasses its recognition, evaluation of severity, and the use of techniques which reduce it to an acceptable level during treatment of the condition which it complicates.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , April 1997 , pp. 214 - 216
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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