The profile of alcohol use in suicidal crisis (Home Treatment Team)

The nature and severity of alcohol use amongst patients under the care of the Home Treatment Team following a suicidal crisis has yet to be explored in detail. This research will explore the associations of alcohol use category (low risk, increasing risk, high risk, and possibly dependent, defined by AUDIT score) with use of unplanned emergency psychiatric care (i.e. contact with Liaison Psychiatry, Place of Safety or referral for admission by HTT i.e. ARC) during a Home Treatment Team episode, and potentially with other adverse outcomes such as mortality.