Wednesday 16 January 2013

Suicide Is Preventable According To Researchers

Mental Health NHS Trusts can take action to reduce suicide rates. 

in 2001 by the National Confidential Report Into Suicide and Homicide by People With Mental Illness made a series of recommendations to reduce suicide rates. 


By 2006, the suicide rate was 9.1 per 10,000 patient contacts in a year for authorities which had introduced at least seven of the 9 recommended measures. The rate was higher, 11 per 10,000, for those which had introduced six or fewer.


SOURCE: The Lancet

See Also: Measures reduced suicide rate (BBC)

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