Suicide evaluation in medical patients. A pilot study.
General hospital psychiatrists were given a pilot questionnaire aimed at characterizing patients evaluated for suicidality. Twenty-seven patients evaluated for suicidality in a 4-month period were studied for demographic, medical, psychiatric, and suicidal variables. Comparison with medical patients who had attempted/completed suicide in prior studies and recommendations to reduce suicidal impulses and improve the database were discussed.
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Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012307:Risk Factors; D012803:Sick Role; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention