PMID: 18714751Aug 22, 2008Paper

Inpatient suicide and suicide attempts in Veterans Affairs hospitals

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
Peter D MillsJames P Bagian

Abstract

Suicide is the eleventh leading cause of death in the United States. Approximately 1,500 suicides occur in inpatient hospital units in the United States each year. In an attempt to determine the methods and environmental factors involved in inpatient suicide and suicide attempts in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals, all root cause analysis (RCA) reports of inpatient suicides and suicide attempts submitted to the VA National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) before June 2006 were reviewed. VA medical centers are required to conduct RCAs on all inpatient suicides and report all suicides and serious suicide attempts to the NCPS. All reports of inpatient suicide and suicide attempts submitted between December 1999 and June 2006 were reviewed, including methods and environmental factors involved in the events. A total of 185 inpatient suicide and suicide attempts were reported; 42 were completed suicides and 143 were suicide attempts. Approximately 52% of the total number of events occurred while the patient was on an inpatient psychiatry unit. Three methods of self harm--intentional drug overdose, cutting with a sharp object, and hanging--accounted for 71% of the total number of events. Doors and wardrobe cabinets accoun...Continue Reading

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