A false sense of security: Rapid improvement as a red flag for death by suicide.

Conclusion: There are essential inpatient psychiatry clinical implications from this work, including that clinical providers should not be lulled into a false sense of security when hospitalized adults rapidly improve in terms of suicide ideation. Instead, inpatient psychiatric treatment teams should increase caution regarding the patient’s risk level and postdischarge treatment planning. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research