Monto A, Ross C, Heymann G, Rosenthal H
Suicide. 1975 Fall;5(3):169-76.
A person who threatens or attempts suicide, arriving for treatment at any 1 of 10 hospitals serving a suburban area in the Bay Area of California, will be met with a variety of responses by different kinds of personnel, depending on the hospital to which he comes. In half of the hospitals, he could be subsequently discharged without psychiatric consultation of any kind. Follow-through on any outpatient referral would usually be left up to him. Although a few hospitals attend to the problem of suicidal persons in many important respects, other hospitals pay little attention to these same aspects. Because of the important role of the hospital in the prevention of suicide, it is recommended that the hospital's function in dealing with suicidal patients be better defined, extended, and made more consistent.
一个威胁或企图自杀的人，若前往加利福尼亚州湾区一个郊区的10家医院中的任何一家接受治疗，不同类型的工作人员会根据他所前往的医院做出各种不同反应。在一半的医院里，他随后可能在未接受任何形式精神科会诊的情况下就被出院。任何门诊转诊后续的跟进通常都由他自己负责。虽然有几家医院在许多重要方面关注自杀者的问题，但其他医院对这些方面几乎不予关注。鉴于医院在预防自杀方面的重要作用，建议更好地明确、扩展并使医院在处理自杀患者方面的职能更加一致。
