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Suicidal patients — the effect on staff

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. C. Rossiter
J. C. Rossiter*
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Tone Vale Hospital, Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton, Somerset
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Although psychiatric hospitals contain a population at risk of suicidal behaviour compared to the community at large, suicide in hospital in-patients and recently discharged patients is relatively rare. It has been suggested that hospital admission itself reduces the risk of suicide (Tenroche et al, 1984). Factors considered important are a calm ward routine carried out by staff confident in the immediate future, and the opportunities for social contract offered by the ward environment.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 9 , September 1989 , pp. 495 - 496
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