TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Suicide of psychiatric inpatients 1970-1993 in Baden-Wurttemberg (Germany)
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Wolfersdorf, Manfred G.
A1  - Keller, Ferdinand
A1  - Kaschka, Wolfgang P.
A1  - Geldmacher, C
A1  - Grebner, M
A1  - Lorscheider, U
A1  - Khazaeli, A
A1  - Lehle, Bernd
A1  - Neef, I
A1  - Neher, Fritz
A1  - Rommel, U
A1  - Schoog, R
A1  - Steinert, Tilman
A1  - Vogl, Rainer
A1  - Vogel, R.
A1  - Vogel, W. D.
A1  - Wurst, Friedrich Martin
SP  - 303
EP  - 311
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
N2  - The well-known fact of suicides of psychiatric inpatients during psychiatric hospital treatment is discussed according to national and international suicide data. In our Baden-Wurttemberg (Germany) Psychiatric Inpatient Suicide Study an increase in suicide and suicide rates from 1970 to 1993 can be shown with an mostly impressive increase in the 1970s and a plateau formation in the 1980s and constant figures in the 1990s. The group of 585 suicides (59% men, 41% women) is composed of: 26% primarily depressives, 53% schizophrenics (ICD-9); where the following features were notable presuicidal syndrome with depressive mood (68%), insight into illness (63%), feelings of suffering (64%), failure (57%), hopelessness (54%) and helplessness (54%).<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -