@article{ref1,
title="Suicidality in emergency medicine: results from a retrospective analysis of emergency documentation forms",
journal="Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Österreichischer Nervenärzte und Psychiater",
year="2016",
author="Lang, Fabian U. and Hubel, Nadine and Kösters, Markus and Messer, Thomas and Dinse-Lambracht, Alexander and Jäger, Markus",
volume="30",
number="2",
pages="69-73",
abstract="BACKGROUND: To analyze suicidal care episodes in emergency medical responses in Germany. <br><br>METHOD: Anonymized data from emergency care episodes in Ulm from 2004 to 2013 were analyzed retrospectively. <br><br>RESULTS: 158 of 933 psychiatric emergencies (16 %) were suicide related, including 14 completed suicides, 25 care episodes with suicidal ideation, and 119 suicide attempts. Significantly more men than women completed suicide (χ²(2,N = 934) = 12.70, p = 0.02). 93 % of the total psychiatric emergencies received any medication at all, and only about 33 % were transported to a psychiatric hospital. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Psychiatric treatment for suicidality in emergency medicine requires improvement to ensure that patients receive adequate therapy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0948-6259",
doi="10.1007/s40211-016-0181-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40211-016-0181-2"
}