Suicidal ideation in medical inpatients: psychosocial and clinical correlates

• Published in: General hospital psychiatry Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 572 - 578
• Main Authors: Furlanetto, Letícia M., Stefanello, Bianca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.11.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Inpatients - psychology; Logistic Models; Male; Medical inpatients, Psychiatric comorbidity; Medical sciences; Mental Disorders - psychology; Middle Aged; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychiatry; Psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Severity of Illness Index; Social Support; Statistics, Nonparametric; Stress, Psychological - psychology; Suicidal Ideation; Suicide; Suicidal ideation; Medical inpatients, Psychiatric comorbidity; Social support; Concomitant disease; Medical inpatients; Mental disorder; Hospital environment; Psychiatric comorbidity; Psychosocial factor; Suicide ideation

To identify psychosocial and clinical correlates of suicidal ideation in medical inpatients. In a cross-sectional study, all adults consecutively admitted to the medical wards of a University Hospital had their names recorded and were randomized and evaluated during the first week of admission. Suic...