Citation

Francis ER, Fonseca De Freitas D, Colling C, Pritchard M, Kadra-Scalzo G, Viani N, Chaturvedi J, Denee TR, Kerr C, Desai M, Scott G, Shetty H, Broadbent M, Chandran D, Downs J, Velupillai S, Khondoker M, Stewart R, Dutta R, Hayes RD. BJPsych Open 2021; 7(6).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Royal College of Psychiatrists)

DOI

10.1192/bjo.2021.1054

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

We describe the incidence of suicidality (2007-2017) in people with depression treated by secondary mental healthcare services at South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (n = 26 412). We estimated yearly incidence of 'suicidal ideation' and 'high risk of suicide' from structured and free-text fields of the Clinical Record Interactive Search system. The incidence of suicidal ideation increased from 0.6 (2007) to 1 cases (2017) per 1000 population. The incidence of high risk of suicide, based on risk forms, varied between 0.06 and 0.50 cases per 1000 adult population (2008-2017). Electronic health records provide the opportunity to examine suicidality on a large scale, but the impact of service-related changes in the use of structured risk assessment should be considered. Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; England; Incidence; Depression; female; male; incidence; suicidal ideation; depression; Suicidal ideation; suicidal behavior; risk assessment; major clinical study; controlled study; mental health service; middle aged; Article; data analysis software; secondary health care; electronic health record; Electronic health records; High risk of suicide