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Collecting suicide statistics for the severely mentally ill

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Riadh T. Abed
Riadh T. Abed*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Rotherham District General Hospital, Moorgate Road, Rotherham S60 2UD
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Since the Health of the Nation government document (Department of Health, 1992) set the target for the reduction of suicide in the severely mentally ill by 33% by the year 2000 it has become necessary to collect the suicide data for this population of patients at district and national level. There are a range of problems concerning the definition and identification of patients with severe mental illness as well as problems concerning the compilation of suicide data for this population at district level.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 8 , August 1996 , pp. 461 - 462
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

References

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Abed, Riadh T., Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Rotherham District General Hospital Moorgate Road, Rotherham S60 2UD Google Scholar
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