The characteristics, management, and aftercare of patients with suicide attempts who attended the emergency department of a general hospital in northern Taiwan

Abstract

Individuals who harmed themselves had a high rate of psychiatric morbidity and interpersonal problems. However, their adherence to psychiatric outpatient aftercare was low. Improved identification of the needs of patients with suicidal tendencies who did not attend outpatient services will have implications for future services provided to this patient population, and will better enable medical personnel to most effectively assist in suicide attempt interventions.

Characteristics of Attempted Suicide Patients Presenting to a Greek Emergency Department

“…The second most common reason for attempted suicide was usually mental health problems [17,26,40]. Contrary to this, physical illness was found to be most frequent reason than mental for attempted suicide in our study.…”

Detection of Rhabdomyolysis in Patients Admitted to Emergency Department due to Drug Overdose as a Suicide Attempt: A Propective Original Clinical Study

“…In a study in which sociodemographic characteristics, it was reported that the average age was 33.6±12.3 years in the cases who admitted to the emergency department with a suicide attempt. 18 In our study, the mean age was 28.8±9.5 years, consistently with the study mentioned above. The female/male ratio was reported to be 0.58 in cases who were presented to the emergency department with a suicide attempt in a survey from China while suicide prevalence was found as 79:100.000 with a female/male ratio of 3 in a study from Thailand.…”

Suicide attempts and emergency room psychiatric consultation

“…It is estimated that an ER consultation related to self-injury is the highest risk factor for a future completed suicide [ 50 ]. Recently, the need of a better identification of the needs and features of suicide attempters has been underscored, considering the high rate of psychiatric morbidity and interpersonal problems of these patients, their poor adherence to psychiatric outpatient aftercare and ER clinicians’ perception of gaps in referral skills [ 51 , 52 ].…”