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Case Reports
. 1998 Oct 15;33(10):119-23, 127-8, 131-3 passim.
doi: 10.3810/hp.1998.10.115.

The suicidal patient

R M Hirschfeld  1
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Case Reports

The suicidal patient

R M Hirschfeld. Hosp Pract (1995). .

Abstract

Patients at imminent risk of suicide (within 48 hours) generally require psychiatric hospitalization. Short-term risk is an indication for aggressive, closely supervised medical therapy, with possible referral to a substance abuse program. If risk is low but chronic, drug treatment or psychotherapy may reduce underlying stressors.

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