2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.08.002
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Incidence and Method of Suicide in Hospitals in the United States

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“…Other studies about environmental risk factors have emphasized anchor points in inpatient suicide, which were doors, door handles and hinges in 53.8% of cases. 11 Restricting access to or removing anchor point could be an effective way to reduce the number of inpatient suicides. 12 After the Department of Veterans affairs began using the Mental Health Environment of Care Checklist 14 when designing or monitoring psychiatric wards, the suicide rate decreased dramatically from 4.2 to 0.74 per 100,000.…”
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“…Other studies about environmental risk factors have emphasized anchor points in inpatient suicide, which were doors, door handles and hinges in 53.8% of cases. 11 Restricting access to or removing anchor point could be an effective way to reduce the number of inpatient suicides. 12 After the Department of Veterans affairs began using the Mental Health Environment of Care Checklist 14 when designing or monitoring psychiatric wards, the suicide rate decreased dramatically from 4.2 to 0.74 per 100,000.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This study found the most common suicide method was hanging, which was usually committed in the private room using objects like door handles. Other studies about environmental risk factors have emphasized anchor points in inpatient suicide, which were doors, door handles and hinges in 53.8% of cases [ 11 ]. Restricting access to or removing anchor point could be an effective way to reduce the number of inpatient suicides [ 12 ].…”
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“…We collected the available reports on SiGRC and prepared a summary of the aggregated analysis, with a short timeline for each case and descriptive statistics as shown in Table 1. We compared our data with those recently published by the USA's Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Health Organizations, which has a similar reporting structure for patient suicides 7 and with a narrative review from the Mayo Clinic. 8 Once the analysis that had been conducted at a local level had been confirmed, the team reviewed and integrated improvement actions that were not only specific for each event, but were scalable and potentially transferable to other settings.…”
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“…Suicide is among the most tragic of events for psychiatric patients and their families, indeed for anyone. It is very often preventable (American Psychiatric Association, ; CDC, ; Stanley et al, ; Williams, Schmaltz, Castro, & Baker, ). Some suicides occur in spite of good care; others happen in patients with no history of clinical contact.…”
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confidence: 99%