title: [Are suicides in the psychiatric hospital actually more frequent now?].
abstract: Annual suicide rates in a North German psychiatric hospital between 1975 and 1997 are reported. There is no overall increase. After a peak in the early eighties there was a moderate but steady decrease of the suicide rate whereas the average of the absolute suicide rate remained stable for almost a quarter of a century.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Basel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Finzen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oestereich
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hoffmann-Richter
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends