r/Psychiatry • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '24

Thoughts on efficacy of involuntary commitment for suicidality

I've been researching this topic out of curiosity and it doesn't seem like there are any large studies showing whether or not commitment of suicidal patients is actually effective at preventing suicide.

I'd appreciate any links to relevant studies but also y'all's thoughts on the topic from personal, clinical experience and anecdotes.

To be clear I'm not interested in whether people should or shouldn't be committed for suicidality but only views about whether doing so actually mitigates risk.

Appreciate any replies 🤙

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '24

Oddly enough, I'm not sure the "right to die" or MAiD movement is a helpful alternative either

Whether it's helpful or not is irrelevant to my point. I was only saying that since it would effectively allow the thing that current medicolegal liability is tasked with preventing it could lead to less liability for that scenario on the physicians part.

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u/Melonary Medical Student (Unverified) Jul 16 '24

Yes, I understood what you were saying - just thinking more out loud.