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Suicide prevention remains an important objective for the mental health services. The mentally ill represent a group of individuals at increased risk of suicide and, understandably, efforts have been made to ensure high quality care provision to prevent such acts. Audit of clinical practice is an im...

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Published inArchives of suicide research Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 183 - 188
Main Authors Catalan, Jose, Keating, David, Williams, Edwina R. L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Informa UK Ltd 01.04.2003
Subjects
Audit
Psychiatric Patients
Psychiatry Services
Suicide Prevention
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Summary:Suicide prevention remains an important objective for the mental health services. The mentally ill represent a group of individuals at increased risk of suicide and, understandably, efforts have been made to ensure high quality care provision to prevent such acts. Audit of clinical practice is an important tool to monitor the efficacy of services and to improve their performance, and here the workings of a multidisciplinary suicide audit process within an inner city general mental health service are described.
ISSN:1381-1118
1543-6136
DOI:10.1080/13811110301577