Consultation is acknowledged to be a useful aid in the treatment of the suicidal patient. Consultation is, however, a deviation from the therapeutic framework, and there are potential dangers. A case example is used to illustrate the various phases of the consultation process--from the decision to consult, the way the consultation is arranged, the type of consultation, and the results of the consultation on the patient-therapist relationship. A brief examination of the intrapsychic and interpersonal dynamics of the suicidal patient highlights the patient's vulnerability to seeing the deviation in technique as a disruption. A preferred form of consultation for these situations is suggested.

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Distant voices.

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Students. Safer sex.

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Community care. At risk--of what?

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Older, wiser (and threatened).

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Unity is strength in joint research project.

The advent of the purchaser/provider split produced a number of challenges for a coordinated approach to supporting research. This article describes a collaboration between North Derbyshire Health Commission and Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital NHS Trust in bringing together purchaser and provider. A research interest group spanning purchaser and provider organisations has been responsible for a number of initiatives including training days, a research database and a resource pack for would-be researchers which aim to raise the profile of research across North Derbyshire.

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