Overcrowding as a possible risk factor for inpatient suicide in a South African psychiatric hospital
South African Journal of Psychiatry
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Overcrowding as a possible risk factor for inpatient suicide in a South African psychiatric hospital | |
| Creator | Grobler, Christoffel Strumpher, Johanita Jacobs, Ruwayda | |
| Description | About 4% of all suicides are estimated to occur while being an inpatient in a psychiatric facility. Staff generally assume that an inpatient suicide reflects a failure on their part to recognise the patient’s suicidal intent and whether it could have been prevented in any way.Inpatients who commit suicide do not seem to be a homogenous group, but some risk factors have been identified, including being young, single, male, unemployed, abusing substances, schizophrenia and personality- and affective disorders. Number of admissions in the previous month also appears to be a risk factor.When the numbers of inpatients are high, more violent incidents occu. Although literature presently do not suggest an association, overcrowding in psychiatric inpatient wards should be considered a risk factor for inpatient suicide. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2015-08-01 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v21i3.759 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 21, No 3 (2015); 1 page 2078-6786 1608-9685 | |
| Language | eng | |
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