Police contact within 3 months of suicide and associated health service contact
The British Journal of Psychiatry (2007) 190: 170-171.
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/190/2/170?etoc
KEITH R. LINSLEY ; NEIL JOHNSON ; JESSICA MARTIN
"We evaluated police contact with individuals prior to suicide, using a systematic study of suicides within County Durham and Darlington over a 3-year period and analysis of police computer records covering the same area. A fifth had a documented contact with police within 3 months prior to the suicide, there was an equal mixture of victims and alleged perpetrators of crime, and a significant number of those with police contact had also seen a health professional recently. As many people see a police officer in the 3 months prior to their suicide as see a mental health professional within 12 months prior to suicide. Our findings have implications for suicide prevention." [Sub required]