Le Recueil d'information médicalisé en psychiatrie (RIM-P) : un outil nécessaire pour la surveillance des hospitalisations suite à une tentative de suicide

Improvement of the epidemiological surveillance of suicide attempts requires a systematic coding of hospitalizations in psychiatry as well as in medicine and surgery. Data from hospitalization in psychiatry yield a more precise identification of psychiatric co-morbidities associated with suicide attempts. The frequent presence of mental problems associated with suicide attempts should encourage clinicians to search for these symptoms systematically as soon as possible after admission of the patient.