Comparative Study of Attempted Suicides and Psychiatric Out-patients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11176813 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John G Bruhn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 197-201 |
| Publication date | 1963-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-005X • E-ISSN: 1470-2738 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/jech.17.4.197 |
| PMID | 14074166 |
| OpenAlex | W2103618279 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
The social pathology of attempted suicide in Great Britain has been intensively investigated by Stengel and Cook (1958) and Kessel and Lee (1962).Attempted suicides have also been studied in the context of the general hospital by Woodside (1958), and Harrington and Cross (1959), and in that of general practice by Batchelor (1955).The purpose of the present investigation was to compare attempted suicides with other patients referred for psychiatric treatment (controls) and discover whether attempted suicides have a greater degree of social disorganization than is usually found among other psychiatric patients.The factors of social disorganization investigated were the broken home, unstabilizing factor in the household, unemployment, change(s) of address, and marital disharmony.METHOD 143 persons were admitted to Ward 3 of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from November, 1961, to February, 1962, after "attempted suicide". 91of them complied with our definition of suicide, namely, any act of self-injury performed with the intent of taking one's life, and those who made only verbal threats and doubtful cases (i.e
Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Pathology · Poison control · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1968 - 1968 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |