title: [Suicide over weekend leave--a seldom regarded risk factor].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study aims at differentiating qualitative and quantitative aspects of inpatient suicide on weekdays and during the weekend.
  
  
  METHODS
  51 consecutive suicides in a large psychiatric hospital were analysed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  14 of 51 suicides occurred during weekend leave, most of them on a Saturday or Sunday. The rate of suicides in the hospital on a Saturday or Sunday is extremely low.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Weekend leave from inpatient treatment must be considered as a risk factor of its own.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Basel.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hoffmann-Richter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bullinger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oesterreich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013557:Switzerland; D000092864:Suicide Prevention