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Chan and colleagues provide an overview of risk factors and risk scales for suicide following self-harm (1). However, their conclusions go beyond their review findings and we think discounting the potential value of such tools on the basis of imperfect tools designed for other purposes is premature.

Original publication

DOI

10.1192/bjp.210.5.369

Type

Journal article

Journal

Br J Psychiatry

Publication Date

05/2017

Volume

210

Keywords

Humans, Risk Assessment, Suicide