Duration of Hospitalization and Post Discharge Suicide

Autor: Ting-Pong Ho
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 36:682-686
ISSN: 0363-0234
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2006.36.6.682
Popis: A retrospective cohort of discharged patients from all public psychiatric hospitals in Hong Kong (1997-1999) was linked to suicide data from Coroner's court. Patients hospitalized shorter than 15 days had significantly lower suicide rates than longer stay patients. The results were fairly consistent across immediate/late post discharge periods, gender, age, diagnoses, and narrow/wide definitions of suicide. This finding was opposite of what has been reported in the literature. Short hospitalization carried different suicide risks in different service settings.
Databáze: OpenAIRE