Psychiatry and the Law Basic Principles
Suicide risk assessment
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Bhalla, IP; Trueblood, KV
January 1, 2017
Suicide is an unfortunate clinical outcome for many patients, and malpractice associated with suicide is the most common reason psychiatrists are sued. A crucial part of the psychiatric assessment is a systematic suicide risk assessment, and psychiatrists should carefully document the thought process involved with assigning risk to a patient. In this chapter, we provide a framework for assessing and documenting a suicide risk assessment based on the particular clinical setting. We also review empirical literature on risk and protective factors associated with suicide risk and discuss the legal implications involved with patient suicide.
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Bhalla, I. P., & Trueblood, K. V. (2017). Suicide risk assessment. In Psychiatry and the Law Basic Principles (pp. 121–134). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63148-6_11
Bhalla, I. P., and K. V. Trueblood. “Suicide risk assessment.” In Psychiatry and the Law Basic Principles, 121–34, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63148-6_11.
Bhalla IP, Trueblood KV. Suicide risk assessment. In: Psychiatry and the Law Basic Principles. 2017. p. 121–34.
Bhalla, I. P., and K. V. Trueblood. “Suicide risk assessment.” Psychiatry and the Law Basic Principles, 2017, pp. 121–34. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63148-6_11.
Bhalla IP, Trueblood KV. Suicide risk assessment. Psychiatry and the Law Basic Principles. 2017. p. 121–134.