Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts in a Sample of Homeless People with Mental Illness

@article{Desai2003SuicidalIA,
  title={Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts in a Sample of Homeless People with Mental Illness},
  author={Rani A. Desai and Wen Liu-Mares and David J. Dausey and Robert A. Rosenheck},
  journal={The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease},
  year={2003},
  volume={191},
  pages={365–371}
}
Abstract This study utilized data from the national ACCESS program (N = 7224) to investigate the prevalence of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in a sample of homeless people with mental illness. The prevalence of suicidal ideation in this sample was high (66.2% lifetime prevalence). In addition, 51.3% of the sample reported that they had ever attempted suicide, 26.9% reported an attempt that resulted in a nonpsychiatric hospitalization, and 8% reported an attempt in the previous 30 days… 
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