Preventing Suicidal Behaviour in a General Hospital Psychiatric Service: Priorities for Programming

Preventing suicidal behaviour in a general hospital psychiatric service: priorities for programming.

PURPOSE General hospital psychiatric services are able to provide leadership and coordinate the development of suicide prevention programs for individuals serviced in general hospital settings. We completed this literature review to suggest priorities for programming. METHODS Our procedure was to update the review by Gunnell and Frankel that guided priorities for Health of the Nation, the nat...

Day treatment for alcoholism in a general hospital psychiatric service.

In this paper a time limited, cost effective day treatment program for alcoholics, and characteristics of patients entering this treatment program, are described. The advantages of this day treatment program are discussed with special emphasis on its relationship with other community service agencies, with the community at large and, with a General Hospital Mental Health service, of which it is...

Day hospital programming in a psychiatric hospital for children.

Suicidal Ideators in the Psychiatric Facility of a General Hospital - a Psychodemographic Profile

As a part of the basis for planning of prevention of suicide and suicide attempt, 154 suicidal ideators registered between 1988 and 1991, were recruited for an analysis of their psychiatric morbidity pattern. 59.74% had depression. The representation of substance abuse disorder and psychoses were 9.74% each 7.14% had neurotic disorders. 9.09% had bipolar affective disorder and 0.65% had normal ...

Psychiatric admission in a general hospital. Patients profile and patterns of service utilization over a decade.

OBJECTIVE To analyze the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of admitted patients and the patterns of their service utilization over a decade from March 1988 to March 1998. METHODS Prospective data compilation using a structured questionnaire, hospital records and follow-up observations at King Fahd Hospital of the University in Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. RESULTS A total...