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The Flip-Side To Readmission: Focused After-Care, Amresh Srivastava
The Flip-Side To Readmission: Focused After-Care, Amresh Srivastava
Amresh Srivastava
paper 1. Suicidality in hospitalized early psychosis patients at time of discharge
The purpose of this study was to investigate the presence and nature of suicidal risk among early psychosis patients at the time of discharge from hospital. Is it only related to the involvement of a suicidal attempt at admission? Thirty such patients, who were admitted after a suicide attempt were compared with 30 patients similarly diagnosed, but admitted for clinical reasons not involving a suicide attempt. Dependent measures of psychopathology, adjustment and suicidality were used. It was found that the two groups did not differ in suicidality, which …