@article{ref1,
title="The role of suicide risk in the decision for psychiatric hospitalization after a suicide attempt",
journal="Crisis",
year="2011",
author="Baca-Garcia, Enrique and Ayuso-Mateos, José Luis and Saiz-Ruiz, Jeronimo and Reneses, Blanca and López-Ibor, Juan J. and Jiménez-Arriero, Miguel Angel and Sainz-Cortón, Enrique and Morant, Consuelo and Nuevo, Roberto and Miret, Marta",
volume="32",
number="2",
pages="65-73",
abstract="Background: Suicide prevention can be improved by knowing which variables physicians take into account when considering hospitalization or discharge of patients who have attempted suicide. Aims: To test whether suicide risk is an adequate explanatory variable for predicting admission to a psychiatric unit after a suicide attempt. Methods: Analyses of 840 clinical records of patients who had attempted suicide (66.3% women) at four public general hospitals in Madrid (Spain). Results: 180 (21.4%) patients were admitted to psychiatric units. Logistic regression analyses showed that explanatory variables predicting admission were: male gender; previous psychiatric hospitalization; psychiatric disorder; not having a substance-related disorder; use of a lethal method; delay until discovery of more than one hour; previous attempts; suicidal ideation; high suicidal planning; and lack of verbalization of adequate criticism of the attempt. Conclusions: Suicide risk appears to be an adequate explanatory variable for predicting the decision to admit a patient to a psychiatric ward after a suicide attempt, although the introduction of other variables improves the model. These results provide additional information regarding factors involved in everyday medical practice in emergency settings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0227-5910",
doi="10.1027/0227-5910/a000050",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000050"
}