title: Self-poisoning with follow-up considerations.
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%.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000506:poisoning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D011041:Poisoning; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000506:poisoning; D012306:Risk; D012744:Sex Ratio; D013405:Suicide; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs