Suicides by mentally ill XXXX .

@entity1 @entity1032 @entity146
In 1992, following consultations with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the confidential inquiry into homicides and suicides by mentally ill @entity1 was set up by the United Kingdom Department of Health. The inquiry collects detailed information on contact with secondary mental health services by means of a questionnaire from clinical audit or information departments from these organisations. In Leeds, however, a wider range of available records including Coroner Reports, police, social, educational, and all health records were consulted. This resulted in a series of health/life event histories of suicide cases that had been in contact with @entity146 services. This paper presents an exploratory analysis of these data. The Leeds suicide cases formed less than one-third of all suicide cases in Leeds; the remainder had not come into contact with @entity146 services. This proportion is consistent with the U.K. national figures. Records show that 46% of the sample"s first contact with the @entity146 services was through a first failed attempted suicide. Other results include the role of prescribed drugs in repeat suicide attempts, education levels, and employment stability. It is concluded that the link between @entity1032 and suicide is questionable. Life event history type data on all suicide cases is desperately required to study suicide as a social process.
