Journal Article

Suicidal Ideation Across Three Timepoints in Patients Discharged from Psychiatric Hospitalization

Porter, Grace A., Knopf, Kimberly V., Straud, Casey, Roberts, David L., O’Connor, Jason C.

2022

Overview

This article describes the rate of suicidal ideation (SI) across three timepoints among treatment-seeking patients recently discharged from psychiatric hospitalization—a group that is at ultrahigh-risk for suicide. Retrospective chart review was used to quantify the rate of SI in 252 consecutive patients discharged to a post-hospital mental health clinic. Data include patients’ lifetime history of SI, SI at the time of hospital intake, and SI at post-hospital outpatient clinic intake, as well as demographics and diagnosis. Overall, 67% of the sample reported a lifetime history of SI, 49% reported SI during hospital intake, and 6% reported SI at post-hospital clinic intake. Age was the only variable associated with history of SI ( p  = .04), with younger patients more likely (OR = 1.85) to report a history of SI. These results may help inform the development of interventions for the population of ultrahigh-risk patients being discharged from hospital after psychiatric care.

• Publisher: Springer US,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Chart reviews / Community and Environmental Psychology / Community health care / Demography / Discharge / Health services utilization / Help seeking behavior / History / Hospital discharged / Hospitalization / Humans / Medical diagnosis / Medical treatment / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Mental disorders / Mental health / Mental health care / Mental health services / Original Paper / Patient Discharge / Patients / Psychiatric hospitals / Psychiatry / Retrospective Studies / Suicidal Ideation / Suicide / Suicide, Attempted - psychology