The zero suicide approach: style over substance

Calina Ouliaris; Pramudie Gunaratne; Christopher Ryan; Sebastian Rosenberg; Luis Salvador-Carulla; Neeraj Gill

doi:10.1192/bjp.2025.9

The zero suicide approach: style over substance

Calina Ouliaris^*, Pramudie Gunaratne, Christopher Ryan, Sebastian Rosenberg, Luis Salvador-Carulla, Neeraj Gill

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Macquarie Medical School

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Abstract

The zero suicide approach is based on the belief that all deaths from suicide in healthcare settings are preventable. We caution that the narrow focus on suicide prevention as a key indicator for measuring mental health system performance may have adverse consequences.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	309-312
Number of pages	4
Journal	British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	226
Issue number	5
Early online date	10 Mar 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.9
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2025

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