@article{ref1,
title="Patients of a public state mental health system who commit suicide",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="1980",
author="Nuttall, E. A. and Evenson, R. C. and Cho, D. W.",
volume="168",
number="7",
pages="424-427",
abstract="Twelve per cent of suicides in Missouri during a 3-year period were identified as having been patients of the state mental health care system by computer matching of death certificate tapes and a statewide case registry file. The percentage of Missouri suicides who had been patients varied markedly among age groups. Compared to nonpatient suicides, the patient suicides had a more equal male/female ratio and were younger. Diagnostically, schizophrenia, alcoholism (among males), and affective disorder (among females) were prominent. Nonwhites had a low incidence of suicide. The significance of the patient status at the time of death is discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}