TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1980//
TI  - Patients of a public state mental health system who commit suicide
JO  - Journal of nervous and mental disease
A1  - Nuttall, E. A.
A1  - Evenson, R. C.
A1  - Cho, D. W.
SP  - 424
EP  - 427
VL  - 168
IS  - 7
N2  - 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -