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- Title
Psychiatric Hospitalization after Deliberate Self-Poisoning.
- Authors
Carter, Gregory L.; Safranko, Ivan; Lewin, Terry J.; Whyte, Ian M.; Bryant, Jennifer L.
- Abstract
The decision for psychiatric hospitalization after deliberate self-poisoning (DSP) is not well understood. This study, a longitudinal cohort study of 3,148 consecutive DSP patients found 920 (29.2%) subjects were referred for psychiatric hospitalization, 576 (18.3%) on involuntary basis. A logistic regression analysis showed increased risk for: age 25 or older, homelessness, unemployment, previous self-harm, psychiatric inpatient treatment within 12 months, earlier psychiatric inpatient treatment, suicidal ideation or plan, mood or psychotic disorders, and lower clinician experience; and lower risk for being married/defacto, and after hours presentation. Recommendation for psychiatric hospitalization was based on complex decision making. These findings have implications for clinical practice guidelines, service costs, and service organization.
- Subjects
HOSPITAL care; SELF-poisoning; PSYCHIATRIC hospital care; LOGISTIC regression analysis; HOMELESSNESS; MOOD (Psychology); DECISION making; UNEMPLOYMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY patients
- Publication
Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 2006, Vol 36, Issue 2, p213
- ISSN
0363-0234
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1521/suli.2006.36.2.213