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Written question asked by Charles Walker (Conservative) on Monday, 16 January 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 January 2012. It was answered by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 23 January 2012 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Schizophrenia

Question
(3) how many people with a diagnosis of (a) psychosis and (b) schizophrenia committed suicide in England in each of the last five years.
Answer

The term psychosis does not refer to a diagnosis so we do not have figures for such. We cannot provide the number of people in England diagnosed with schizophrenia; however, tables showing admissions to hospital, based on finished admission episodes, where there was a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia have been placed in the Library. We do not collect information by parliamentary constituency but by primary care trust and strategic health authority.The following table gives information on the number of people with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia in contact with mental health services in the 12 months prior to suicide between 2004 and 2008 in England:

Patient suicides with schizophrenia (England, 2004-08)
Number
2004 259
2005 243
2006 205
2007 194
2008 175
Source:
National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness.

Chapter 5 (Psychosis) of the document 'Adult Psychiatric Morbidity, in England 2007' gives more background statistical information about schizophrenia and a copy has been placed in the Library.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
90727; 539 c74W
Session
2010-12
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2010-1712
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Deposited Paper DEP2012-0118
Monday, 23 January 2012
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Schizophrenia
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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