Key references: Managing patients with suicidal risk

The fifth national mental health and suicide prevention plan. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health,; Last updated 17 October 2017. https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/mental-fifth-national-mental-health-plan
Doupnik SK, Rudd B, Schmutte T, Worsley D, Bowden CF, McCarthy E, et al. Association of suicide prevention interventions with subsequent suicide attempts, linkage to follow-up care, and depression symptoms for acute care settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry 2020;77(10):1021–30. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32584936
Hawton K, James A. Suicide and deliberate self harm in young people. BMJ 2005;330(7496):891–4. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15831877/
National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH). Safer services: a toolkit for specialist mental health services and primary care. Manchester: The University of Manchester; 2018 (updated). https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/