title: Long- and short-term risk factors in the prediction of inpatient suicide: review of the literature.
abstract: The prediction of suicide remains a major challenge for health care professionals in inpatient settings. A clearer identification of factors specific to inpatient suicide is required to improve both practice and research within this area. This paper provides an overview of the inpatient suicide literature to date focusing on two particularly salient themes: Long term and short term prediction of suicide. Since the concept of short-term suicide risk dominates clinical practice, issues in relation to dynamic risk factors are emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioural Medicine, University of Manchester School of Medicine, Hope Hospital, Manchester, UK. clare.cassels@manchester.ac.uk
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cassells
authors.forename: Brodie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Paterson
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dowding
authors.forename: Rhona
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention