Thursday, June 19, 2014

The Saga Of Suicide Among Mental Health Patients

Among mental health patients treated at home by crisis resolution home treatment teams (CRHT)*, the number of deaths by suicide has more than doubled in England, rising from an average of 80 in 2003-2004 to 163 in 2010-2011. This is according to new research published in emThe Lancet Psychiatry/em. In contrast, suicides on psychiatric wards fell by more than half, from 163 in 2003-2004 to 76 in 2010-2011. The research also reveals that despite an ...

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