Evaluation of official procedures for suicide prevention in hospital from a forensic psychiatric and a risk management perspective

Figures & data

Table 1. Compliance of hospital guidelines (n = 33) with the 2008 ministerial recommendation n°4.

	Clearly Specified	Mentioned	Absent
Full patient’s history^a	25	6	2
Structuralcharacteristics^a	28	3	2
Organisational processes^a	27	5	1
Staff training^a	14	7	12
Risk stratification^b	5	5	23
Stratification by diagnosis^b	1	1	31

^aIndications provided by the ministerial recommendation. ^bindications deemed necessary by the authors.

Table 2. Characteristics of hospital guidelines (n = 33).

	Present	Absent
Tool for assessment suicide risk	11	22
Patient’s daily observation	14	19
Connection with local services	25	8
Deal with media	2	31
Professional liability	28	5