Predicting and Preventing Hospital and Clinic Suicides (IN: Assessment and Prediction of Suicide – a Special Issue of SLTB)

This article describes how to assess & treat patients in a hospital or clinic setting. The author provides sections on emergency consultation, the decision to hospitalize, involuntary commitment to a psychiatric unit, initial assessment, special suicide observation, security, hospital policies, treatment plans, discharge planning, & outpatient treatment. 4 brief case histories are also provided. (VM)