caa a22 4500 388073578 CHVBK 20180307125155.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199912 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0790966700005498 doi S0790966700005498 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0790966700005498 Suicide in psychiatric inpatients in Ireland [Elektronische Daten] [Eleanor Corcoran, Dermot Walsh] Objectives: To establish suicide rates of psychiatric inpatients in Ireland and the characteristics, demographic, social and medical, of the patients involved. Method: Clinical, post mortem and inquest data on all such deaths from 1983-1992 were examined. Suicide rates were calculated using ‘person year method'. Results: The suicide rate for short stay inpatients (stay less than one year) was 319/100,000, and 118/100,000 for long stay patients. The average duration of illness at time of suicide was 10 years. A fourfold increase in suicide rate of inpatients over the century was associated with a similar increase in the suicide rate in the general population. Thirty five per cent of suicides were aged 25-34 years. The risk of suicide was higher the shorter the time interval after admission. Three quarters of suicide deaths in registered inpatients occurred away from hospital grounds. Conclusions: Social factors which contribute to an increase in the suicide rate in the general population are relevant to the increase in hospital inpatient suicides. More effective and comprehensive services to meet the needs of those with severe mental illness, particularly young adults, are essential. The results emphasise the importance of managing inpatients in a safe, secure environment. The person year method is appropriate for monitoring changes in suicide rates. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999 Social factors nationallicence Suicide nationallicence Corcoran Eleanor St Conal's Hospital, Letterkenny, Co Donegal, Ireland. aut Walsh Dermot Health Research Board, 73 Lower Baggot St, Dublin, Ireland. aut Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine Cambridge University Press 16/4(1999-12), 127-131 0790-9667 16:4<127 1999 16 IPM https://doi.org/10.1017/S0790966700005498 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0790966700005498 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Corcoran Eleanor St Conal's Hospital, Letterkenny, Co Donegal, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Walsh Dermot Health Research Board, 73 Lower Baggot St, Dublin, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine Cambridge University Press 16/4(1999-12), 127-131 0790-9667 16:4<127 1999 16 IPM CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge