Categories of Claims: Suicide Attempts or Completed Suicides
| Failure to provide proper assessment and management in high volume patient settings |
| Failure to construct a comprehensive treatment plan |
| Failure to perform comprehensive suicide risk assessments |
| Failure to document suicide risk assessments |
| Failure to obtain past treatment records |
| Failure to hospitalize |
| Failure to make a rational diagnosis on the basis of the history and evaluation |
Published, with permission, from Risk Management Issues in Psychiatric Practice. Component Workshop. American Psychiatric Association 155th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 20, 2002. © Psychiatrists' Purchasing Group, Inc., 2002.