Whether called acute suicidal affective disturbance or suicide crisis syndrome, a suicide-specific diagnosis would enhance clinical care, increase patient safety, and mitigate clinician liability

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Whether called acute suicidal affective disturbance or suicide crisis syndrome, a suicide-specific diagnosis would enhance clinical care, increase patient safety, and mitigate clinician liability
Citation	Joiner TE, Simpson S, Rogers ML, Stanley IH, Galynker II. J. Psychiatr. Pract. 2018; 24(4): 274-278.
Affiliation	JOINER, ROGERS, and STANLEY: Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL SIMPSON: Law Offices of Skip Simpson, Frisco, TX GALYNKER: Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, NY.
Copyright	(Copyright © 2018, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)
DOI	10.1097/PRA.0000000000000315
PMID	30427811
Abstract	Separate research groups have independently argued the need for a suicide-specific diagnosis within the psychiatric diagnostic nomenclature. Although a suicide-specific diagnosis could possibly enhance clinical care and improve patient safety, some clinicians have expressed concerns regarding the legal risk of utilizing a suicide-specific diagnosis. In this column, the first of a 2-part series exploring the potential risks and benefits of a suicide-specific diagnosis, the authors draw from their decades of experience in clinical work, legal consulting, as well as the litigation of suicide and wrongful death lawsuits and contend that the bona fide use of a suicide-specific diagnosis would mitigate legal liability to clinicians. Language: en