Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2009) 15: 17-22. doi: 10.1192/apt.bp.108.005512
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Coping with suicide: a perspective from Scotland

Invited commentary on... Coping with a coroner’s Inquest{dagger}

John S. Callender and John M. Eagles

John Callender is a Consultant Psychiatrist and the Associate Medical Director at Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen. John Eagles is a Consultant Psychiatrist, also at Royal Cornhill Hospital, and Honorary Professor in the University of Aberdeen’s Department of Mental Health.

Correspondence: Correspondence Dr John Callender, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZH, UK. Email: john.eagles{at}gpct.grampian.scot.nhs.uk

Procedures following suicide differ in Scotland from elsewhere in the UK and we describe the investigation of deaths by procurators fiscal and fatal accident inquiries that may ensue. Higher Scottish suicide rates, and possible reasons for these, are mentioned. Suicide risk cannot be accurately quantified in individual patients but psychiatrists should take the view that good management can collectively reduce the risk among all patients. We comment on practical and emotional issues for clinicians who are coping with the suicide of a patient.


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