Citation

Abom B. Sante Ment. Que. 1994; 19(2): 163-174.

Vernacular Title

Le medecin de famille et le patient suicidaire.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Communaute et Sante Mentale)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7795012

Abstract

As a background for the discussion, a minor literary survey points out the potentiality for intervention and prevention of suicide and suicide attempts in the primary care setting. The main purpose of this paper is to discuss what options this implicates when it comes to improve the family physicians' ability to recognize and to handle suicidal signals from the patient. A summary of the important papers already published by Rutz and his group in Sweden clearly demonstrates the importance of education concerning depressive disorders and other immediate matters. The significance of communicative skills of the doctor in this clinical situation in undoubted but still mostly unexplored and finally this is shortly discussed.

Language: fr