Status of Suicide in Veterans Administration Hospitals: Report IV

摘要

This report is part of a continuing series of reports describing the status of suicide in Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals. The first part of the report presents 23 tables of statistics for the three fiscal years 1973 through FY 1975, on rates, demographic characteristics, diagnostic distribution, suicide methods, and suicide sites. The second section presents suggestions for guidelines for prevention of suicide in hospitals. Behavioral manifestation of suicidal patients are described, and methods of safeguarding identified suicidal patients are suggested.