To improve suicide prevention during hospitalization, this study
examined risk factors for parasuicide among psychiatric inpatients. A group
of 58 psychiatric inpatients (19 with schizophrenia, 20 with depression,
and 19 with other diagnoses) who displayed suicidal behavior during
hospitalization were compared with two control groups of nonparasuicidal
inpatients. For inpatients with schizophrenia, a history of parasuicide was
a risk factor; for those with depression, it was suicidal behavior on
admission; and for patients with other diagnoses, it was violence during
hospitalization.
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