Abstract

Patients of a Public State Mental Health System Who Commit Suicide

Nuttall E A~~Evenson R C~~Cho F W

Year: 1980 Source: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, v.168, no.7, (July 1980), p.424-427 SIEC No: 19831918

12% of suicides in Missouri had previously been state mental health care patients. Compared to nonpatient suicides the patient suicides had a more equal male/female ratio & were younger. Schizophrenia, alcoholism (among males), & affective disorders (among females) were prominent. Nonwhites had a low incidence of suicide. The significance of patient status at the time of death is discussed.