TY - JOUR PY - 2010// TI - Patient suicide in psychiatric hospitals JO - Forensische Psychiatrie, Psychologie, Kriminologie A1 - Wolfersdorf, M. A1 - Vogel, R. A1 - Vogl, R. A1 - Neuner, T. A1 - Keller, F. A1 - Spießl, H. A1 - Franke, C. SP - 193 EP - 201 VL - 4 IS - 3 N2 - Suicide prevention especially with psychiatric inpatients is traditionally a very important aspect of psychiatric treatment. During the 1970s and 1980s there was a noticeable increase in so-called hospital suicides in Germany, especially suicides of schizophrenic inpatients. The number of psychiatric inpatient suicides has currently decreased again and a shift to more depressive suicides has also been observed. Furthermore questions which are asked in court are presented and discussed. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.

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