PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Muzina, David J.
TI  - What physicians can do to prevent suicide
DP  - 2004 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 242--250
VI  - 71
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/3/242.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/3/242.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2004 Mar 01; 71
AB  - Many people who attempt suicide or succeed at it visit their physicians shortly before the act; thus, primary care physicians have a key role in preventing suicide. The first step is to suspect that the patient might be at risk, and the second step is to ask about it. Nevertheless, one cannot predict whether any particular person will or will not attempt suicide.