Prospective study of risk factors for increased suicide ideation and behavior following recent discharge

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to prospectively examine the association between predictors from the three thematic areas - suicidality, personal risk factors and patient care factors - and the occurrence of postdischarge suicide ideation and behavior in recently discharged patients. METHODS: The design is a prospective cohort study of all patients admitted to an inner city inpatient psychiatric service with a lifetime history of …