Self‐Poisoning with Follow‐Up Considerations
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Published:1975-03
Issue:1
Volume:5
Page:39-46
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ISSN:0363-0234
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Container-title:Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Suicide & Life Threat Behav
Author:
Lönnqvist J.,Niskanen P.,Achté K. A.,Ginman L.
Abstract
ABSTRACT: One hundred patients who in 1963 had attempted self‐poisoning and were subsequently admitted to the intoxication ward of a psychiatric hospital were studied twice: immediately after the attempted self‐poisoning and 8 years after the attempt. It was found that within the follow‐up period a total of nine patients had died, four of whom had committed suicide. The risk of suicide per years is .5%. According to the literature the range of the annual suicide risk is .9% to 2.5%.
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Clinical Psychology
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