Hospital Treatment of the Suicidal Patient (IN: Suicide: Understanding and Responding: Harvard Medical School Perspectives, ed. by D Jacobs and H N Brown)

Reviews the inpatient assessment, prevention, & treatment of suicidal behavior on inpatient psychiatry units. Suggests that each patient must be approached individually from the standpoint of diagnosis, formulation, & treatment planning & emphasizes the importance of the milieu. Ways of coping with the effect of a suicide on an inpatient unit are also described. 45 refs. (LH).