Preventing suicide among inpatients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Inpatient suicide comprises a proportionately small but clinically important fraction of suicide. This study is intended as a qualitative analysis of the comprehensive English literature, highlighting what is known and what can be done to prevent inpatient suicide.

Method

A systematic search was conducted on the Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, Web of Knowledge, and a personal database for articles on cohort series, preferably controlled, of inpatient suicide (not deliberate self-harm or attempted suicide, unless they also dealt specifically with suicide data).

Results

A qualitative discussion is presented, based on the findings of the literature searched.

Conclusions

The bulk of inpatient suicides actually occur not on the ward but off premises, whe

SUBMITTER: Sakinofsky I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4079240 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature