The changing pattern of attempted suicide in Edinburgh, 1962-67.

作者：R. C. B. Aitken, Dorothy Buglass, Norman Kreitman · 发表于：Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · 年份：1969 · DOI：10.1136/jech.23.2.111 · 被引用次数：85 · 研究领域：Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

attempted suicide has continued in Edinburgh since that time. At the ward in the Royal Infirmary for the treatment of such cases, the Regional Poisoning Treatment Centre, admissions are seen not only by physicians but for the most part also by a psychia-trist. The practice in the city for all hospital-referred cases of attempted suicide to be admitted there has remained unchanged over the last five years, and it is therefore possible to compare the current preva-lence of attempted suipide with that observed five years ago. From the beginning of 1967 information on all admissions has been recorded systematically in a form suitable for transfer to punched cards. The data reported here are based on patients admitted to