Assessing and managing the suicidal patient: forget the Reverend Bayes and try game theory

Probability-based estimates of the future suicide of psychiatric patients are of little assistance in clinical practice. This article proposes strategic management of the interaction between the clinician and the patient in the assessment of potentially suicidal patients, using principles derived fr...

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Main Author: Olav Nielssen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-06-01
Series:BJPsych Bulletin
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056469424000767/type/journal_article
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