Citation

Sinyor M, Schaffer A. Aust. N. Zeal. J. Psychiatry 2020; 54(6): 568-570.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0004867420924114

PMID

32513078

Abstract

Suicide is among the most important causes of mortality in medicine as it is the most common cause of death due to illness from the teenage years into middle age. Yet our approach to mental health research aimed at suicide prevention has often diverged from accepted practices in other areas of medicine. This includes the exclusion of those at highest risk of suicide from clinical trials and the recent emphasis on prediction. In this Viewpoint, we propose that comparing our approach to that of other medical specialties would help us to avoid strategic errors and discuss the implications for the field of suicide prevention.

Language: en

Keywords

prevention; Suicide; prediction