Schizophrenia and Suicide in Psychiatric In-patients (IN: Current Research on Suicide and Parasuicide, ed. by S D Platt and N Kreitman)

This study examines variables which discriminate between schizophrenics who commit suicide in hospital & those who do not. The authors found that the typical suicide patient is usually a fairly young man, who has often been admitted to psychiatric hospitals. There is only a short interval between the last discharge & index admission. The patient has usually received subduing low-potency neuroleptics; & often has been given electric convulsive therapy at some point. (VM)