Risco de suicídio e comorbidades psiquiátricas no transtorno de ansiedade generalizada

Abstract

. results: GAD was present in 16.6% of the sample, which were 30.8% from the psychiatric unit and 11.3% in the outpatients of the other clinics. The majority were females (83.3%), married (53.8%), with a mean age of 44 (±12.2) years old. There was psychiatric comorbidity in 88.1% of the evaluated patients, of which 54.8% had two or more and 33.3% had only one. Major depression was the most prevalent (53.7%), followed by dysthymia (21.4%) and recurrent depression (14.6%). The risk of suicide was observed in 54.8% of subjects with GAD. Conclusion: The prevalence of GAD in outpatient clinical samples was significantly higher than in the general population, mainly in the psychiatric clinic. The majority of the patients presented psychiatric comorbidity, especially mood disorders besides presenting risk of suicide. GAD showed high correlation with mood disorders and significant association with risk of suicide.

Factors associated with suicide risk among nurses and physicians: a cross-section study

“…This scenario is worrying, since the existence of depressive symptoms can increase suicide risk by up to six times (19) . Among mental disorders, severe depressive conditions are the most prevalent among individuals who died by suicide (1,3,36) .…”

“…Studies of risk assessment and associated factors have been carried out in different population groups, such as neurological and psychiatric patients (18) , outpatients in general (19) , prison inmates (20) , adolescents (21) , university students (22) and patients with chronic diseases (23) . Suicide risk among health professionals has been little explored (10,14,16,24) .…”

Associação entre transtornos mentais e autoavaliação de saúde em idosos

“…No presente estudo, idosos que têm apenas um diagnóstico psiquiátrico avaliam sua saúde como positiva. Um estudo com 253 pacientes do Hospital da Universidade Federal de Alagoas mostrou importante presença de comorbidade em pacientes com diagnóstico de transtorno de ansiedade generalizada, A mais prevalente foi depressão maior (53,7%), seguida de distimia (21,4%) e depressão recorrente (14,6%), além de maior risco de suicídio 21 . O transtorno de estresse pós-traumático aparece associado a transtornos de humor, transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo, esquizofrenia e outros 22 .…”

Ideação Suicida E Tentativa De Suicídio Entre Pessoas Em Tratamento Psiquiátrico

“…Pacientes psiquiátricas com tentativa de suicídio, em geral, apresentam transtorno de adaptação ou transtorno de ajustamento e diferença na escolha do método de acordo com a faixa etária ou estado civil (Shakeri et al, 2015). Estudo brasileiro com pacientes com transtorno de ansiedade generalizada (TAG) com risco de suicídio encontra a depressão maior como principal comorbidade (Vasconcelos, Lôbo, & Melo Neto, 2015).…”