Citation

Large M, Ryan C, Walsh G, Stein-Parbury J, Patfield M. Australas. Psychiatry 2014; 22(2): 118-121.

Affiliation

Mental Health Services, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, and; School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1039856213511277

PMID

24288381

Abstract

OBJECTIVE AND METHOD: To consider the possibility that adverse aspects of psychiatric hospitalisation may precipitate suicide contributing significantly to the increased rate of suicide among inpatients, given little has been published about this.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: It is likely that psychiatric hospitalisation itself contributes to some inpatient suicides. This has significant implications for the delivery of inpatient psychiatric care.

Language: en