title: Suicidal ideation amongst functionally ill psychogeriatric inpatients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Fluctuating suicidal ideation can undermine the accuracy of suicide risk assessment.
  
  
  METHODS
  This pilot study examined fluctuations in suicidal ideation among psychogeriatric inpatients as reported by nurses, doctors and the patients themselves. The relationship between these reports of suicidal ideation is also examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five (38%) patients exhibited fluctuations in suicidal ideation. Doctors reported greater suicidal ideation than did the nurses and patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical implications of this discrepancy and fluctuations in suicidal ideation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Charing Cross Hospital, London.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shah
keywords: elderly; suicidal ideation; suicide