Seguimiento por Whatsapp durante un año a pacientes con intento suicida atendidos en el Servicio de Urgencias de un hospital universitario privado.

Abstract

Suicide as a global public health issue shows fluctuating rates with a tendency to increase. Public health strategies aimed to reduce suicide attempt and retry are the main alternative. Objective: establish the incidence of suicidal retry, opportunity for care and adherence to treatment in the followup of patients treated for suicide attempt in the emergency room of a private University hospital. Methods and participants: a descriptive prospective cohort study in patients ≥18 years of age with a low-risk suicide attempt assigned to outpatient psychiatric treatment and followed up through WhatsApp application for one year after discharge. Results: the prevalence of suicide attempt in patients who consulted the emergency room was 0.38%. Of 164 patients with a suicide attempt, 33

Intento de suicidio en población pediátrica: abordaje integral en el área de urgencias

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