Funny you write about this. Just the other day we went to a patient who had tried twice in a week to do the deed but was caught in the act. Alledgedly he found out his missus was having a good time with the tennis coach. Caught by the Fed's (Police) with a shot gun about to blow his head off. The mental health team in there wisdom let him go... We picked him up (off the ground) after he had tried to decapitate himself by tying a rope around his neck. The other end was tied around a metal post via the back window of his ute. He then floored it. Unfortunately the Nylon rope broke. You got to feel for the guy I'm posting this not so much because of the detail but as a comment about the Mental health service in this country and no doubt the rest of the world. Here's a guy who obviously is acutely mentally ill and yet cant get the help he needs or deserves, and yet the time wasters pretty much get what they need. :-(