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Suicide prevention should focus on first three months after discharge, study finds

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The risk of suicide is highest in the three months after patients are discharged from psychiatric facilities, although the risk remains high years later, a systematic review and meta-analysis has… Click to show full abstract

The risk of suicide is highest in the three months after patients are discharged from psychiatric facilities, although the risk remains high years later, a systematic review and meta-analysis has found. Writing in JAMA Psychiatry ,1 the Australian researchers said that suicide prevention efforts should start while patients are in hospital and should focus on the period shortly after discharge. The meta-analysis included 100 …

Keywords: prevention focus; three months; focus first; suicide prevention; first three

Journal Title: British Medical Journal
Year Published: 2017

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