Citation

Gwashavanhu C. Emerg. Nurse 2010; 18(8): 28-32.

Affiliation

Department of Liaison Psychiatry, St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, RCN Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21268485

Abstract

The suicide rate in the borough of Westminster is the third highest in London and higher than the national average. This is a pressing concern for local healthcare providers and, to begin to reduce the rate, they conducted a prospective audit of the incidence of self-harm, which is a strong predictor of suicide. This article discusses the method and results of the audit, which revealed that the number of people who self-harm is greater than had been estimated previously.

Language: en