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