Primary care consultation patterns prior to suicide: a nationally representative case-control study.

Danah AlothmanSarah LewisAndrew William FogartyTimothy CardEdward Tyrrell

Published in: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners (2024)

Escalating, or more than monthly consultations are associated with increased suicide risk regardless of patients' sociodemographic characteristics and regardless of the presence (or absence) of known psychiatric illnesses.

Keyphrases

primary care
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
palliative care
mental health
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis