Inpatient suicide in a general hospital.

I-Chih Cheng; Fu-Chang Hu; Mei-Chih Meg Tseng

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Inpatient suicide in a general hospital.

March 25, 2009

Cheng I-C, Hu F-C, Tseng M-CM. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2009;31(2):110-5.

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Suicide attempts by hospitalized patients are considered a never event. This study examined 110 such cases and sought to identify predictors of suicide attempts among inpatients.

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