A pragmatic guide for GPs to suicide prevention

Online learning tool to provide GPs with a pragmatic way to diagnose, treat and follow-up patients at risk of suicide

Relevance to General Practice

Three quarters of Australian people who die from suicide see their doctor within 3 months of doing so. There is great potential to intervene.]

Learning outcomes

develop and implement a practice protocol and decision tree for dealing with patients at risk of suicide.

assess patients' suicide risk considering the five contributing domains of a biological, cognitive, emotional, behavioural and environmental nature.

decide upon a treatment appropriate to level of risk, considering availability, accessibility, acceptability, efficacy and timeliness.

measure patient outcomes to determine if the treatment has diminished patient risk.

Domains of General Practice

D1. Communication skills and the patient-doctor relationship

D2. Applied professional knowledge and skills

D3. Population health and the context of general practice

D4. Professional and ethical role

D5. Organisational and legal dimensions

Curriculum Contextual Units

Activity sponsor

Val Lishman Health Research Foundation