Abstract
A reduction in the number of inpatient beds as well as shorter admissions have aroused concern that tendencies to deinstitutionalize may increase the suicide rate for psychiatric patients who have been hospitalized. One study indicates that a decreasing inpatient suicide rate may actually reflect a transfer to an increasing postdischarge suicide rate; however, uncertainties exist about this transfer, since it is not well studied. The objectives of this study were to estimate adjusted changes over time in suicide rates among psychiatric inpatients and recently discharged psychiatric patients and to estimate changes in these rates by gender and diagnosis.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Journal of Clinical Psychiatry |
Vol/bind | 74 |
Udgave nummer | 12 |
Sider (fra-til) | e1190-4 |
ISSN | 0160-6689 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - dec. 2013 |