Psychiatric hospitalizations during the last 12 months before suicide
Abstract
Objectives Suicide victims frequently have had contact with the mental health care system before they died. In this study, the rates, numbers and lengths of psychiatric hospitalizations of suicide victims during the last year before their suicide commission were assessed.Methods The quarterly and monthly hospitalization rates during the last 12 months of 665 individuals who committed suicide were compared.Results Of the suicide victims, 16.4% had been hospitalized at least once. The period after a recent discharge bore the highest risk for suicide commission, with 4.7% (28.4% of those hospitalized) committing suicide within 1 week after their discharge and 7.8% (47.7%) committing suicide within 1 month. Hospitalization rates were significantly higher in the last 3 months as compared with the preceding quarters.Conclusion Increasing utilization of inpatient treatment facilities should prompt a particularly profound suicide risk assessment and postdischarge treatment planning.
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Psychiatric hospitalization has been associated with greater age-adjusted mortality and suicide risk.
“psychiatric hospitalization has been associated with greater age-adjusted mortality53 and suicide risk.54”
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- Authors
- Deisenhammer, E. A., Huber, M., Kemmler, G., Weiss, E. M., & Hinterhuber, H.
- Affiliations
- Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
- Corresponding author
- Deisenhammer, Eberhard A.
- Venue
- General Hospital Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-01
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 63-65
- ISSN
- 0163-8343 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2039233004
- Cited by
- 44
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 2.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- General Hospital Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Keywords
- suicide, psychiatric hospitalization, suicide risk, hospital discharge, suicide risk assessment, mental health service utilization
- MeSH terms
- Mental Disorders, Female, Hospitalization, Humans, Male, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, Suicide
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