Suicide ideation in hospitalized psychiatric patients and postdischarge suicide

Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “A false sense of security: Rapid improvement as a red flag for death by suicide” was published in 2022 in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1). Postdischarge from inpatient psychiatry is the highest risk period for suicide. The majority of deaths by suicide postdischarge happened within the […]