title: Changes in the pattern of admissions for attempted suicide in Newcastle upon Tyne during the 1960s.
abstract: Comparison of 726 admissions to Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital for attempted suicide in the period 1 October 1966 to 30 September 1969 with a previously reported series of 276 in 1962-4 showed an overall increase in annual admissions of 77%. For both sexes under age 30 years and females over 60 years the increase was over double. Psychiatric morbidity had increased, and there was also a significant rise in the proportion of unemployed men.The relative frequency of ingestion of non-barbiturate psychotropic or hypnotic drugs and barbiturates had changed, the former now being more common than the latter as the suicidal agent. Finally, there had been a significant increase in the proportion of patients receiving subsequent psychiatric treatment.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001463:Barbiturates / Q000506:poisoning; D002648:Child; D004739:England; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000506:poisoning; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012067:Religion; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014478:Unemployment; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
chemical_list: D001463:Barbiturates; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives