Jumping from a general hospital

40-Evaluation of the Changing Patterns of Psychiatric Referrals in a 5 Year Period in a Large University.

“…Nevertheless, full-blown somatoform disorders, the diagnostic category that is naturally expected to include the majority of such demanding and frequent cases, are not so much frequent in the general population and in medical settings, with prevalence rates up to 2%. Somatoform disorders were only 5.3% of total psychiatric disorders diagnosed in Europe by the ECLW study [2]. Our Service's data also confirm this trend: in a 40-month period of activity, 287 patients were referred for MUS (7.98% of total referred patients) but only 44 were diagnosed to be suffering from a somatoform disorder (1.22% of total referred patients and 15.33% of patients referred for MUS).…”

Analysis of jumping/falling distance from a height

“…The assessment of a fall or a jump from a height, in particular when accident, suicide or homicide are suspected, is based on an analysis of the injury pattern and the scene investigation [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. Some authors investigated the injury patterns in falls into water or onto the ground at different speeds [8][9][10][11].…”

Her Life Ended Jumping From the Fifth Floor

“…The strong positive association between access to lethal methods and methodspecific suicide rates 3,8 underlines the need of prevention plans in an effort to limit physical access to suicide methods. 34,39 As reported in several studies, 8,39-41 restriction to suicide jumping hotspots, as fencing high public buildings as hospitals or by installing window guards, especially in hospitals, 42,43 would represent an effective way to avert suicide. 11,18,19,24,[44][45][46] But applying physical barriers to avoid jumping represents only 1 part of prevention programs that may include further measures such as pharmacological treatments 24 and psychosocial strategies.…”