Psychosocial interventions targeting suicidality within inpatient psychiatry: a scoping review.

BACKGROUND: The week following discharge from inpatient psychiatry is a time of exponentially increased risk of death by suicide among people diagnosed with a mental illness. Yet, a significant number of individuals do not receive timely outpatient follow-up upon being discharged from hospital. Psychosocial interventions that target suicidality initiated within inpatient psychiatry may help to prepare individuals for this vulnerable transition.