Case-control study of suicide by discharged psychiatric patients

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Abstract
We collected a 12 month consecutive sample of deaths from suicide and probable suicide (open verdicts) in Greater Manchester. Those people who had had a psychiatric admission in the previous five years were identified by checking against all hospitals in the area. We examined case records and recorded information on the last admission before death and care after discharge. The equivalent information was collected on controls, identified by block randomisation of hospitals in the area. Controls were matched for age, sex, clinical diagnosis, and date of admission. Cases and controls were compared on 18 social and clinical variables (see table).

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