title: [Attempted suicide in Switzerland: from practice to prevention].
abstract: Prevention of suicide and recurrent suicidal behaviour is actually a prior issue for the Canton de Vaud, in order to elaborate an accurate Health Management. After a brief description of the swiss and Vaud situation we report epidemiological data about attempted suicides in Morges' hospital, collected since the beginning of the activity of a Consultation-Liaison psychiatrist and we confront them with the level of functioning of the medical system. Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, through an early intervention during such a critical period, can provide better detection and prevention of those situations. It offers also the opportunity to develop adapted plans of observation, orientation and treatment for those patients already within a somatic setting.
authors.affiliation: Service de psychiatrie de liaison EHC-Hôpital de Morges Chemin du Crêt 2, 1110 Morges. nzoupanos@bluewin.ch
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zoupanos
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Le Goff-Cubilier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bryois
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology