TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Violent death and mental illness. A study of a single catchment area over eight years
JO  - British journal of psychiatry
A1  - King, E.
A1  - Barraclough, B.
SP  - 714
EP  - 720
VL  - 156
IS  - 
N2  - The names of 412 residents of the catchment population of a district general hospital unit who died potentially self-inflicted deaths in the eight years 1974-81 were identified. They were classified as suicide (245), accidental death (126), and undetermined (41). In each group, over half had a lifetime history of psychiatric treatment and over a third were psychiatric patients at the time of their death. The relative risk of a violent death for those who died within a year of their last psychiatric contact was 27 times greater than that of residents with no recent psychiatric contact. The relative risk was highest for those aged 35-44 and lowest for those of 75 years and over.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1250
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -