TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Duration of hospitalization and post discharge suicide
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Ho, T. P.
SP  - 682
EP  - 686
VL  - 36
IS  - 6
N2  - A retrospective cohort of discharged patients from all public psychiatric hospitals in Hong Kong (1997-1999) was linked to suicide data from Coroner's court. Patients hospitalized shorter than 15 days had significantly lower suicide rates than longer stay patients. The results were fairly consistent across immediate/late post discharge periods, gender, age, diagnoses, and narrow/wide definitions of suicide. This finding was opposite of what has been reported in the literature. Short hospitalization carried different suicide risks in different service settings.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2006.36.6.682
ID  - ref1
ER  -