Suicide rate of callers to a poison information service.
The authors assessed the frequency of suicide subsequent to calls to a poison information center in a follow-up study. The 8 confirmed suicides out of 2,177 calls yielded a rate of 66.8 per 100,000 population--significantly higher than that for the general population. In addition, 15 possible or probable suicides were identified. The authors note that poison center callers seem to constitute a pool of significantly suicidal persons and reaffirm the premise that poison centers and suicide centers should coordinate their efforts.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009820:Ohio; D011039:Poison Control Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013689:Telephone; D000092864:Suicide Prevention