Citation

Cocks RA. Br. Med. J. (Clin. Res. Ed.) 1987; 295(6612): 1527-1529.

Affiliation

Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Free Hospital, London.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, British Medical Association, Publisher BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3122889

PMCID

PMC1248673

Abstract

One hundred patients who were injured by London underground trains during 1981-6 were studied; 43 of them died. Deliberate self harm was probable in roughly three quarters. Alcohol intoxication was thought to play an important part in a further tenth of cases. Thirteen were psychiatric inpatients at the time of the incident, and a further two had recently been discharged. Early warning of a potential suicide attempt was given during the 24 hours preceding the incident in 15 of the cases. Some of the deaths in the psychiatric patients may have been preventable.

Language: en