Characteristics of Suicidal Behavior in a Turkish Sample

Özdel, Osman; Varma, Gülfizar Sözeri; Ateşçi, Figen Çulha; Oğuzhanoğlu, Nalan Kalkan; Karadag, Filiz; Amuk, Tarkan

doi:10.1027/0227-5910.30.2.90

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“…Schmidtke describes this situation as resulting from differences in religious responses to suicide 20 . The majority of suicide attempters were young married or single housewives with low levels of education, and drug overdose was the most common method of suicide attempt in our research, as it had been in previous samples in Turkey [28][29][30] . We observed that the total unemployment rate (56%) was far higher than the regional unemployment rate (9.9%).…”

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Emergency Room Visits for Suicide Attempts: Rates, Trends and Sociodemographic Characteristics of Suicide Attempts in Northeastern Anatolia

Eroğlu¹,

Yıldırım²,

Uzkeser³

et al. 2014

Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bülteni-Bulletin of Clinical Psychophar

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Emergency Room Visits for Suicide Attempts: Rates, Trends and Sociodemographic Characteristics of Suicide Attempts in Northeastern Anatolia

Eroğlu¹,

Yıldırım²,

Uzkeser³

et al. 2014

Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bülteni-Bulletin of Clinical Psychophar

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“…The excess of female patients over males observed in this study was also common in previous studies [5,6,25,28-32]. High proportions of unemployment and living alone were also indicated as was in the review of Welch [33].…”

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“…Those in this study consisted of a variety of types, mainly not life-threatening ones such as self-cutting and overdosing while previous studies in medical settings reported that overdosing was the most common SB with ranges of 81-96% for DSH [29,31] and 29-93% for suicide attempts [5,25,26,32]. In particular, this study reported a higher rate of self-cutting than those in previous studies, which recorded rates of 4-12% for DSH [29,31] and 4-28% for suicide attempts [5,25,26,28].…”

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Psychiatric disorders and clinical correlates of suicidal patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo

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BackgroundPatients admitted to a psychiatric hospital with suicidal behavior (SB) are considered to be especially at high risk of suicide. However, the number of studies that have addressed this patient population remains insufficient compared to that of studies on suicidal patients in emergency or medical settings. The purpose of this study is to seek features of a sample of newly admitted suicidal psychiatric patients in a metropolitan area of Japan.Method155 suicidal patients consecutively admitted to a large psychiatric center during a 20-month period, admission styles of whom were mostly involuntary, were assessed using Structured Clinical Interviews for DSM-IV Axis I and II Disorders (SCID-I CV and SCID-II) and SB-related psychiatric measures. Associations of the psychiatric diagnoses and SB-related characteristics with gender and age were examined.ResultsThe common DSM-IV axis I diagnoses were affective disorders 62%, anxiety disorders 56% and substance-related disorders 38%. 56% of the subjects were diagnosed as having borderline PD, and 87% of them, at least one type of personality disorder (PD). SB methods used prior to admission were self-cutting 41%, overdosing 32%, self-strangulation 15%, jumping from a height 12% and attempting traffic death 10%, the first two of which were frequent among young females. The median (range) of the total number of SBs in the lifetime history was 7 (1-141). Severity of depressive symptomatology, suicidal intent and other symptoms, proportions of the subjects who reported SB-preceding life events and life problems, and childhood and adolescent abuse were comparable to those of the previous studies conducted in medical or emergency service settings. Gender and age-relevant life-problems and life events were identified.ConclusionsFeatures of the studied sample were the high prevalence of affective disorders, anxiety disorders and borderline PD, a variety of SB methods used prior to admission and frequent SB repetition in the lifetime history. Gender and age appeared to have an influence on SB method selection and SB-preceding processes. The findings have important implications for assessment and treatment of psychiatric suicidal patients.

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“…O nível educacional também foi avaliado, sendo constatados poucos anos de estudo em ambos os grupos. Porém, os controles apresentaram menos anos de estudo quando comparados aos casos, resultados semelhantes aos que foram revelados em algumas poucas publicações 12,22,28 e que são divergentes da maioria delas 15,27,[34][35][36] . Possivelmente, o ní-vel educacional com poucos anos de estudo poderia refletir em dificuldades na integração social, bem como na inserção no mercado de trabalho, contribuindo para a intensificação dos estressores, que, por sua vez, poderiam culminar com comportamentos e ideações suicidas 15 .…”

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Indicadores de risco para tentativa de suicídio por envenenamento: um estudo caso-controle

Pires

Raposo

Sougey

et al. 2015

J. bras. psiquiatr.

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resumo objetivo: Considerando o envenenamento como o método mais utilizado para a tentativa de suicídio e a escassez de evidências nacionais sobre o tema, investigamos alguns possíveis indicadores de risco nesse tipo de tentativa. métodos: Estudo do tipo caso-controle em uma emergência geral de um hospital público, na cidade do Recife com 220 indivíduos, distribuídos em dois grupos de 110 pacientes cada, que estavam em tratamento, sendo o grupo casos os sobreviventes de tentativa de suicídio por envenenamento e os controles, sem história de intoxicação/envenenamento nem tentativa de suicídio, pareados por gênero e idade. resultados: O gênero feminino predominou na amostra (70,9%), com idade média de 29 anos; 73% declararam etnia branca ou morena; menos da metade vivia em convívio marital; a maioria tinha religião; ambos tinham poucos anos de estudo. Houve diferença significativa (p = 0,003) para dependência financeira entre os grupos, com chance 2,25 vezes maior para tentar suicídio entre os casos. Ter sofrido fatos traumáticos e abuso sexual na infância revelou diferença significativa. Conclusões: Foram considerados indicadores de risco no grupo caso: estar em dependência financeira de terceiros, ter sofrido abuso sexual na infância, ideação suicida, histórico de transtorno mental na família, possuir algum transtorno mental e, principalmente, comorbidade(s) psiquiátrica(s). No modelo de regressão, foi possível estimar uma chance de tentativa de suicídio por envenenamento de até 94,0% na presença conjunta de quatro fatores. A pesquisa representa uma das primeiras iniciativas para ampliação das discussões sobre os fatores de risco para tentativa de suicídio em âmbito nacional. abstraCt objective: As poisoning is most often used method of attempted suicide and data on this topic are scarce in Brazil, we investigated possible indicators of risk for this type of attempt. methods: A case-control study was conducted at the emergency ward of a public hospital in the city of Recife (Brazil) with 220 individuals divided into two groups, each with 110 participants. The case group comprised survivors of attempted suicide by poisoning. The control group was composed of individuals with no history of attempted suicide matched for gender and age. results: The female gender predominated (70.9%). Mean age was 29 years. Self-described skin color was either white or brown among 73%. Less than half lived with a stable partner. The majority had religion and both groups had a low level of schoo-

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Characteristics of Suicidal Behavior in a Turkish Sample

Abstract: In the present study, the findings are useful in showing the risk factors related to suicidal behavior.

Cited by 33 publications

References 28 publications

Emergency Room Visits for Suicide Attempts: Rates, Trends and Sociodemographic Characteristics of Suicide Attempts in Northeastern Anatolia

Emergency Room Visits for Suicide Attempts: Rates, Trends and Sociodemographic Characteristics of Suicide Attempts in Northeastern Anatolia

Psychiatric disorders and clinical correlates of suicidal patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo

Indicadores de risco para tentativa de suicídio por envenenamento: um estudo caso-controle

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