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The Suicide Rate in Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. G. Wilkinson
D. G. Wilkinson*
Affiliation:
King's College Hospital and the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS
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Summary

Three of 39 first-admission schizophrenics committed suicide during the 10 to 15 year follow-up period of a retrospective, case-register based inquiry. Schizophrenic patients often talk about and attempt suicide. However, there is little reliable knowledge about the clinical characteristics of those who are likely to kill themselves.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 140 , Issue 2 , February 1982 , pp. 138 - 141
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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