@article{ref1,
title="In-patient suicide in psychiatric hospitals",
journal="Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica",
year="2000",
author="Deisenhammer, E. A. and DeCol, C. and Honeder, M. and Hinterhuber, H. and Fleischhacker, W. W.",
volume="102",
number="4",
pages="290-294",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: In-patient suicides continue to be a matter of concern in hospital psychiatry. In-patients at risk for suicide need to be identified. <br><br>METHOD: In-patient suicides in two psychiatric hospitals were assessed over a time-span of 8 years. Cases were detected by comparing police suicide data with the hospitals' admission and discharge records. Further information was then gathered from patients' records. <br><br>RESULTS: During the period under investigation 44 in-patients committed suicide, the majority of them being diagnosed with affective disorders (45.4%) or schizophrenia (27.3%). The most commonly used method was 'jumping in front of a vehicle' (34.1%); 79.5% were treated in an open ward at the time of their suicide, 15.9% in a locked unit. The majority of open ward suicides happened outside the hospital; 39.4% of patients had left the ward without giving notice. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Additional cautionary measures are warranted especially for patients in open wards.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-690X",
doi="10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.102004290.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.102004290.x"
}