Suicide and other causes of death among working-age and older adults in the year after discharge from in-patient mental healthcare in England: matched cohort study

• Published in: British journal of psychiatry Vol. 221; no. 2; pp. 468 - 475
• Main Authors: Musgrove, Rebecca, Carr, Matthew J., Kapur, Nav, Chew-Graham, Carolyn A., Mughal, Faraz, Ashcroft, Darren M., Webb, Roger T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Accidental deaths; Adolescent; Adult; Aftercare; Age; Age groups; Aged; Cause of Death; Causes; Clinical research; Codes; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Death & dying; Deprivation; Deprived areas; Discharge; England - epidemiology; Female; Gender; General practice; Health care; Health services; Humans; Infant; Inpatient care; Male; Mental disorders; Mental Health Services; Middle Aged; Mortality; Older people; Patient Discharge; Patients; Peers; Population; Primary care; Psychiatry; Risk; Risk assessment; Risk factors; Self destructive behavior; Stratification; Suicide; Suicide - psychology; Survival analysis; Working women; Young Adult; England; United Kingdom > UK; discharge; mortality; epidemiology; suicide; In-patient treatment

Evidence for risk of dying by suicide and other causes following discharge from in-patient psychiatric care throughout adulthood is sparse. To estimate risks of all-cause mortality, natural and external-cause deaths, suicide and accidental, alcohol-specific and drug-related deaths in working-age and...