Citation

Bartlett RO. BMJ 2014; 349: g5644.

Affiliation

Hergest Unit, Ysbyty Gwynedd, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor LL57 2PW, UK robert.bartlett@wales.nhs.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.g5644

PMID

25301794

Abstract

Lu and colleagues used poisoning by psychotropic agents (international classification of diseases, 9th revision (ICD-9) code 969) as their “proxy for population level suicide attempts.” They state that non-fatal poisoning by psychotropic drugs has a positive predictive value of 79.7% for suicide attempts. This is based …

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