Number of killings by mental health patients falls Study suggests that improved NHS care could be behind fall in number of homicides but suicide increases
The number of killings by patients being treated for mental health problems is falling, probably as a result of improved NHS care, a major new report reveals today.
But the number of suicides has increased across the UK since the financial crash in 2008 – except in Scotland – with middle-aged men the most likely group to take their own life. There are concerns that every year dozens of patients may be killing themselves after they have been wrongly released from hospital because mental health units have too few beds. Continue reading... The Guardian
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The number of killings by patients being treated for mental health problems is falling, probably as a result of improved NHS care, a major new report reveals today.
But the number of suicides has increased across the UK since the financial crash in 2008 – except in Scotland – with middle-aged men the most likely group to take their own life. There are concerns that every year dozens of patients may be killing themselves after they have been wrongly released from hospital because mental health units have too few beds. Continue reading... The Guardian
See also:
- The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness University of Manchester
- Suicide risk 'higher in community' BBC News
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