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. 2014 Apr;22(2):118-21.
doi: 10.1177/1039856213511277. Epub 2013 Nov 27.

Nosocomial suicide

Matthew Large  1 , Christopher Ryan, Gerard Walsh, Jane Stein-Parbury, Martyn Patfield
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Nosocomial suicide

Matthew Large et al. Australas Psychiatry. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

Objective and method: To consider the possibility that adverse aspects of psychiatric hospitalisation may precipitate suicide contributing significantly to the increased rate of suicide among inpatients, given little has been published about this.

Results and conclusions: It is likely that psychiatric hospitalisation itself contributes to some inpatient suicides. This has significant implications for the delivery of inpatient psychiatric care.

Keywords: hospitalisation; inpatient; nosocomial; psychiatric hospital; suicide.

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