Conference paper
COMPARISON OF ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF SUICIDAL RISK FOR ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT BETWEEN TWO STATE SPONSORED HOSPITALS IN ENGLAND AND ITALY
Ranbir Singh
; Psychiatric Liaison Team, East London Partnership Foundation Trust, London, UK
Norma Verdolini
; School of Specialization in Psychiatry, University of Perugia, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy
Mark Agius
; Psychiatric Liaison Team, East London Partnership Foundation Trust, London, UK ; Bedfordshire Centre for Mental Health Research in association with the University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Patrizia Moretti
; Division of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy
Roberto Quartesan
; Division of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy
Abstract
The risk of suicide is one of the most important risk factors looked into for acute psychiatric assessments that influences the
management plan. The prevalence of suicide is on a rise across European countries; as a consequence, the different countries have
created specific guidelines and policies in order to prevent suicides in the acute settings. These guidelines are based on both different
cultural aspects as well as the different organization of the mental health system in the different countries. This paper wants to
present the comparison between the guidelines of two European countries, England and Italy, in order to evaluate the systems,
understand differences and common contact points. The different European countries could learn one from the other and a European
shared point of view may be a way forward to create better understanding and preventing the risk of suicide across the population.
Keywords
suicide; suicide risk; crisis team; consultation; liaison activity
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264550
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Publication date:
8.9.2015.
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