Follow-Up Study of Suicidal Patients Seen in Emergency Room Consultation
Abstract
The author describes a study of age, race, and sex distribution, psychiatric diagnoses, and subsequent dispositions of 138 attempted suicides. The large proportion (64.4 percent) of those returned home without arranged-for treatment and the high rate of repeat attempts suggest that present treatment is incomplete; a psychiatric-medical suicide care team is recommended as a possible solution.
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