Citation

Catalan J, Keating D, Williams ERL. Arch. Suicide Res. 2003; 7(3): 183-188.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811110301577

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

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.