Citation

Ng CW, How CH, Ng YP. Singapore Med. J. 2017; 58(2): 72-77.

Affiliation

Penang Adventist Hospital, Penang, Malaysia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Singapore Medical Association)

DOI

10.11622/smedj.2017006

PMID

28210741

Abstract

Major depression is a common condition seen in the primary care setting. This article describes the suicide risk assessment of a depressed patient, including practical aspects of history-taking, consideration of factors in deciding if a patient requires immediate transfer for inpatient care and measures to be taken if the patient is not hospitalised. It follows on our earlier article about the approach to management of depression in primary care.

Copyright: © Singapore Medical Association.

Language: en

Keywords

depression; primary care; suicide risk assessment