Citation

Perogamvros L, Chauvet I, Rubovszky G. Rev. Med. Suisse 2010; 6(259): 1555-1557.

Vernacular Title

Quand referer aux urgences un patient presentant une crise suicidaire?

Affiliation

Unité d'accueil et d'urgences psychiatriques, Service des urgences, Département de médecine communautaire et premier recours, HUG, 1211 Genève 14. lampros.perogamvros@hcuge.ch

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Medecine et Hygiene)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20873436

Abstract

Suicide, defined as a deliberate self-destruction, is one of the most frequent causes of mortality in the western world. This article emphasizes the importance of primary care practitioners evaluation in the examination and orientation of the suicidal patient. The authors provide some simple evaluation tools to reach these goals.

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