"We know that hospitals are dangerous places if you don't needto be there," Dr. Eliot Fisher, who also led the study, said.
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From: MothWrangler on 7 Apr 2008 17:22 Erin wrote: > > Twittering One wrote: > >>If admitted to a psych ward, the higher your chances later for killing >>yourself, relative to non-admits, say studies. > > > Not that i have great doubts, but a reference would be nice > on such a controversial statement. I think small neighbourhood > clinics > would be so much better. The PQ gov. in Canada set them > up in its wisdom, but they are out-clinics. Maybe the US has > something similar? HMOs? > > Erin If the studies didn't control for severity of illness, the claimed results wouldn't be a surprise. In the US, only the most severely mentally ill individuals tend to be hospitalized in a psych ward. In many cases, the individuals are admitted because they are a danger to themselves or others. The less severely ill, or persons who aren't a danger to themselves or others, usually are treated on a out-patient basis. Given that the most ill and most dangerous are the patients hospitalized, it wouldn't be surprising if, after release, they were more likely to commit suicide. Nancy Unique, like everyone else -- Proud member since 2007, WWWSC #1 Ann/Emma Anne #4 |