04/09/2018

Each year around 800,000 people across the world take their own lives, leading to a huge impact on family, the community and health professionals. Unfortunately it is not easy to identify those at risk of suicide. A large number of variables and complex interactions mean only a trained clinician can assess for immediate risk of suicide. However, the majority of people who take their own lives attend services other than mental health in their final year for apparently unrelated reasons….