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it is the “preferred to hospitalization, where[‘s] possible” right there that is causing the rise from 10/10K to 14/10K in suicide rate.
by egberts1 3y ago
it is the “preferred to hospitalization, where[‘s] possible” right there that is causing the rise from 10/10K to 14/10K in suicide rate.
- sudosteph 3y agoI don't think that correlation can be proven, but I'd be curious to see the data. From what I've read, 2/3s [1] of people who commit suicide have never sought any sort of treatment at all, so they'd never present at the ER in the first place or be candidates for hospitalization vs outpatient. If the suicide rate is still rising among that population, then that would probably disprove that. If it's not, then you may be right. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8804173/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8804173/
- egberts1 3y agoOne thing that I've noticed in that paper appears to omit the exclusion of being under medication. Maybe that was the focus for this exclusionary modeling. Still, it is a lot of data to wade through, even under the most auspice of rigorous screenings for a purer validity.