Suicide amongst psychiatric in-patients who abscond from the ward: a national clinical survey

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Suicide prevention by mental health services requires an awareness of the antecedents of suicide amongst high risk groups such as psychiatric in-patients. The goal of this study was to describe the social and clinical characteristics...

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Main Authors: Appleby Louis, Shaw Jenny, Swinson Nicola, Windfuhr Kirsten, Hunt Isabelle M, Kapur Nav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-02-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/10/14