Followup of Neuropsychiatric Patients in Suicide Observation Status

• Published in: Public health reports (1896) Vol. 81; no. 11; pp. 977 - 990
• Main Authors: Sherman Eisenthal, Farberow, Norman L., Shneidman, Edwin S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States United States Public Health Service 01.11.1966
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Aged; Attempted suicide; Behavior - classification; Ethnology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hospital administration; Hospitalization; Hospitals, Psychiatric; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders; Middle Aged; Patient medical history; Population studies; Psychiatric hospitals; Schizophrenia; Suicidal ideation; Suicide; Suicide - classification; United States; United States Department of Veterans Affairs; United States

A followup study was conducted of 912 patients in a Veterans Administration neuropsychiatric hospital who had been placed in suicide observation status between 1954 and 1958. Complete followup data were obtained for 90 percent of the patients. Forty percent of these patients subsequently manifested...