TY - JOUR PY - 2000// TI - A suicide prevention advisory group at an academic medical center JO - Military medicine A1 - Hough, D. A1 - Lewis, P. SP - 97 EP - 100 VL - 165 IS - 2 N2 - During a 15-month period, there were seven suicides among patients who were in active treatment or who had been seen recently by providers in the Department of Psychiatry of Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. As a result, a Suicide Prevention Advisory Group was formed to identify possible causes and make recommendations aimed at improving the identification and treatment of suicidal patients. The group made 11 specific recommendations. No known suicides occurred during the 22 months after the implementation of the Suicide Prevention Advisory Group's recommendations.

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