Absolute risks of self-harm and interpersonal violence by diagnostic category following first discharge from inpatient psychiatric care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persons discharged from inpatient psychiatric services are at greatly elevated risk of harming themselves or inflicting violence on others, but no studies have reported gender-specific absolute risks for these two outcomes across the spectrum of psychiatric diagnoses. We aimed to estimate absolute risks for self-harm and interpersonal violence post-discharge according to gender and diagnostic category.

Methods

Danish national registry data were utilized to investigate 62,922 discharged inpatients, born 1967-2000. An age and gender matched cohort study was conducted to examine risks for self-harm and interpersonal violence at 1 year and at 10 years post-discharge. Absolute risks were estimated as cumulative incidence percentage values.

Results

Patients diagn

SUBMITTER: Mok PLH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9970150 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature