Fatal self-induced water intoxication among schizophrenic inpatients.
Between 1986 and 1998, a review of 61 records of patients who died before the age of 53 years in eight psychiatric departments whose catchment area had a total population of 559,429 inhabitants revealed that 24 (39.3%) of those patients had a schizophrenic disorder. Of those 24 patients, one (4.17%; 95% CI: 0-21%) died from complications of self-induced water intoxication (SIWIS). Among the 37 remaining patients, two (5.4%; 95% CI: 0-18%) died from complications of SIWIS.
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University Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Philippe Pinel, 80044 cedex, Amiens, France. gloas@francenet.fr
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D000328:Adult; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications*; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000150:complications*; D014869:Water Intoxication / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality*