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Fatal self-induced water intoxication among schizophrenic inpatients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

G. Loas  and
E. Mercier-Guidez
G. Loas*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Philippe Pinel, 80044Amiens cedex, France
E. Mercier-Guidez
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Philippe Pinel, 80044Amiens cedex, France
*
*E-mail address:gloas@francenet.fr (G. Loas).
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Summary

Between 1986 and 1998, a review of 61 records of patients who died before the age of 53 years in eight psychiatric departments whose catchment area had a total population of 559,429 inhabitants revealed that 24 (39.3%) of those patients had a schizophrenic disorder. Of those 24 patients, one (4.17%; 95% CI: 0–21%) died from complications of self-induced water intoxication (SIWIS). Among the 37 remaining patients, two (5.4%; 95% CI: 0–18%) died from complications of SIWIS.

Keywords

PolydipsiaSchizophreniaWater-intoxicationDeath
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Review
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European Psychiatry , Volume 17 , Issue 6 , October 2002 , pp. 307 - 310
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Copyright © Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS 2002

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