Premium
A Two‐Year Follow‐up of Suicide Prevention Center Patients *
Author(s) -
Wold Carl I.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1973.tb00863.x
Subject(s) - medicine , interview , suicide prevention , autopsy , demography , poison control , psychiatry , family medicine , medical emergency , sociology , political science , law
A random sample of Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center patients was selected for follow‐up about two years after their prior contact with the Center. Of 417 patients sought, 184 were located and interviewed at follow‐up. Sixteen had died and nine had committed suicide. The deaths were studied in depth by interviewing survivors (by means of a psychological autopsy). Results of the psychological autopsies uncovered two apparent suicides who had been certified as natural deaths (included in the total of nine). Interviews with the 184 follow‐ups yielded longitudinal information about the onset, duration, and recurrence of suicidal states.