Premature Death, Suicide, and Nonlethal Intentional Self-Harm After Psychiatric Discharge.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is a need for representative research on serious adverse outcomes following discharge from psychiatric hospitalization.

Objective

To compare rates of premature death, suicide, and nonlethal intentional self-harm after psychiatric discharge with rates in the general population and investigate associations of these outcomes with relevant variables associated with the index psychiatric hospitalization.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study included all residents from Catalonia, Spain (7.6 million population), who had psychiatric hospitalizations between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2018, and were older than 10 years at the index (first) hospitalization. Follow-up was until December 31, 2019. Statistical analysis was perfo

SUBMITTER: Mortier P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11208976 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature