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. 2024 Apr 6;50(6):1436–1455. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbae031

Table 2.

AE Thematic Content From the 1285 Codes (From Original 593 Reported Events)

Adverse Consequence Theme Description Overall Occurrence, n, (%) Paraphrased Examples From Dataset Category
Psychiatric admission Describes admission either voluntary or involuntary to a psychiatric ward 284 (22.1) “Patient was admitted to the psychiatric inpatient unit” Mental healthcare
Unscheduled mental health care (noncrisis) Requiring increased mental health care, but not at the level of crisis care or psychiatric admission 56 (4.36) “Participant received closer contact with care coordinator” Mental healthcare
Crisis care (nonadmission) Describes accessing crisis care not in an inpatient site 34 (2.65) “Client accessed crisis team as they were having a rough time” Mental healthcare
Psychosis exacerbation Describes an increase in psychotic symptoms 281 (21.9) “Increasing expression of psychotic symptoms, stating that animals were coming out of parts of the body” Psychosis symptoms
Affective exacerbation Describes an increase in affective symptoms 132 (10.3) “Participant stated they are having a lot of anxiety” Affective symptoms
Physical health admission Describes an admission to a hospital for physical health problems 69 (5.37) “Participant admitted to Cardiology department” Physical healthcare
Physical health treatment Describes unscheduled physical health treatment 51 (3.97) “Attended Accident and Emergency for treatment for physical health problem, discharged” Physical healthcare
Substance misuse Describes using nonprescribed psychoactive substances 70 (5.45) “Participant was using marijuana and meth” Substance misuse
Suicide ideation Describes patient experiences of suicidal ideation 99 (7.70) “Participant had suicidal ideation” Suicide and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)
Suicide plan Describes suicide planning 26 (2.02) “Participant reported a plan to end their life” Suicide and NSSI
Self-harm Describes self-harm not in the context of a suicide attempt 31 (2.41) “Participant reported self-harm by cutting” Suicide and NSSI
Suicide attempts Describes suicide attempts 13 (1.01) “Participant attempted suicide by overdose” Suicide and NSSI
Death by suicide Describes deaths due to suicide. 1 (0.07) “Participant died by suicide” Death
Death (Other) Describes deaths not due to suicide 2 (0.15) “Participant died due to medical problems” Death
Interactions with criminal justice system Describes interactions with the police 44 (3.42) “Clinic staff called police who took patient to hospital due to increased aggression” Legal system
Harm to others Reports of a patient harming another person 33 (2.57) “Collateral obtained from patient’s sibling stated that patient had been threatening to harm them” Harm
Harm from others Describes a patient being abused by another person 6 (0.47) “Participant described being attacked unprovoked on the street by a stranger” Harm
Stopping psychiatric medication Describes a patient ceasing to take prescribed medication without support from a clinical team 44 (3.42s) “Abrupt stop to medication regime” Medication
Other Idiosyncratic 9 (0.70) “Participant was yelling while eating” Other