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9050418

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-3-20
pubmed:abstractText
Psychiatric inpatients have a higher suicide rate than the general population. Psychogeriatric inpatients suicides over a 21-year period, in a large psychiatric hospital in Melbourne were examined. Only 8% of all inpatient suicides were by those aged over 60 years. Psychogeriatric inpatients suicides, when compared to younger inpatient suicides, were more likely to have depression, less likely to have schizophrenia, have more children and have a longer interval between the age of onset of the illness and the index admission. These associations were probably a function of age. Psychogeriatric inpatient suicides, when compared with psychogeriatric 'alive' inpatients, were associated with depression, alcohol misuse and preadmission and intra-admission suicidal ideation. A high index of suspicion and vigilance among staff for elderly patients with these features is suggested.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0885-6230
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Psychogeriatric inpatient suicides in Australia.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Melbourne, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study