%0 Journal Article
%T Suicidal attempts in psychiatric institutions: a report of two cases.
%A Alejandro Jim¨¦nez Genchi
%A Concepci¨®n Ibarra Alcantar
%A Luis Pe£¿aloza Garc¨ªa
%A John Leonardo D¨ªaz Galvis
%J MedUNAB
%D 2004
%I Universidad Aut¨®noma de Bucaramanga
%X It has been estimated that 5% of suicides occur inside of the psychiatric institutions. This report describes two cases of suicide inside of a psychiatric hospital which illustrate, on one hand, the characteristics of suicidal risk among psychiatric inpatients, and on the other hand, the limitations, we may have, to prevent suicide. The rate of suicides inside psychiatric hospitals are explained by the very low presentation of this behavior, among patients and the poor specificity for suicidal risk, that may provide the clinical evaluation with standard clinical criteria . Nevertheless, hospitalization in psychiatric institutions avoids more suicide attempts and suicides than those are committed inside of them.
%K Suicide
%K psychiatric hospital
%K psychiatric inpatient
%U http://caribdis.unab.edu.co/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/REVISTAMEDUNAB/NUMEROSANTERIORES/REVISTA720/_PC_C1.PDF