title: [When should a patient in suicidal crisis be referred to the emergency ward?].
abstract: Suicide, defined as a deliberate self-destruction, is one of the most frequent causes of mortality in the western world. This article emphasizes the importance of primary care practitioners evaluation in the examination and orientation of the suicidal patient. The authors provide some simple evaluation tools to reach these goals.
authors.affiliation: Unité d'accueil et d'urgences psychiatriques, Service des urgences, Département de médecine communautaire et premier recours, HUG, 1211 Genève 14. lampros.perogamvros@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Lampros
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perogamvros
authors.forename: Ioana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chauvet
authors.forename: Grégoire
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rubovszky
mesh_terms: D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000592:standards*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control; D000092864:Suicide Prevention