Stay in ICU linked to higher risk of suicide: study
Mental suffering after ICU admission is common and patients could be screened on discharge, researcher says
Admission to an ICU is associated with a higher rate of suicide and self-harm post-discharge than other admissions, Canadian researchers report.
“When patients leave the ICU, we used to think that was the end of the battle — they had survived, and we had done our job,” says lead author Dr Shannon Fernando of Ottawa Hospital.
