ArticleBMC psychiatry2015
Suicide attempts and emergency room psychiatric consultation.
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- Secondary mental health service utilisation following emergency department contact for suicidal behaviour: A systematic review.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Hospital presenting suicidal ideation: A systematic review.Clinical psychology & psychotherapy · 2022Pooled it
- EUDOR-A multi-centre research program: A naturalistic, European Multi-centre Clinical study of EDOR Test in adult patients with primary depression.BMC psychiatry · 2017Trial
- The effect of tightened compulsory admission laws on length of stay in emergency department for suicide attempters.BMC health services research · 2026Observational
- Suicidal and self-harm behaviors in emergency psychiatry: bridging risk assessment and clinical decision-making.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Motivations for suicide attempts and risk factors among youths in Western Iran: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Transition to suicide ideation and attempt among emergency room patients.BJPsych open · 2024Article
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- Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with mental illnesses who attempted suicide by drug overdose: A retrospective analysis of 109 cases.Brain and behavior · 2023Article
- Temporal patterns of suicide and circulatory system disease-related mortality are inversely correlated in several countries.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
- A Naturalistic, European Multi-Center Clinical Study of Electrodermal Reactivity and Suicide Risk Among Patients With Depression.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Attempted Suicide in the Older Adults: A Case Series From the Psychiatry Ward of the University Hospital Maggiore Della Carità, Novara, Italy.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Suicide and suicide attempts in adults: exploring suicide risk 24 months after a psychiatric emergency room visit.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) · 2020Article
- The Presence and the Search Constructs of Meaning in Life in Suicidal Patients Attending a Psychiatric Emergency Department.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Incidence of intoxication events and patient outcomes in Taiwan: A nationwide population-based observational study.PloS one · 2020Observational
- The effect of motivational interviewing-based training on the rate of using mental health services and intensity of suicidal ideation in individuals with suicide attempt admitted to the emergency department.Journal of education and health promotion · 2020Article
- Psychiatric comorbidities in patients with intentional methanol intoxication.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2019Article
- Characteristics of patients presenting post-suicide attempt to an Academic Medical Center Emergency Department in Lebanon.Annals of general psychiatry · 2018Article
- Suicide attempts in Brazil, 1998-2014: an ecological study.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Clinical Characteristics Associated with Suicide Attempts in Clinical Settings: A Comparison of Suicidal and Non-Suicidal Depressed Inpatients.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundSuicidal behaviours are major public health concerns worldwide. They are associated with risk factors that vary with age and gender, occur in combination, and may change over time. The aim of our study was to investigate how frequently patients visiting a hospital emergency room (ER) require a psychiatric consultation for attempted suicide, and to outline the characteristics of this population.
methodsDeterminants of emergency room visits for psychiatric reasons were studied prospectively from 2008 to 2011 at the "Maggiore" Hospital in Novara.
results280 out of 1888 patients requiring psychiatric consultation were referred to the ER because of suicide attempt. Suicide attempters were more often female. The rate of suicide attempters among Italian people was 14.2%, compared to 19.5% in foreigners. Subjects living with parents or own family and those having a permanent job had a higher frequency of suicide attempt. Suicide attempts were more frequent among patients with a history of psychiatric disorders; nonetheless, suicide attempts were more common among those who had not previously been hospitalized in a psychiatric ward or were not under the care of a psychiatrist. The multivariate analysis found that female gender was a risk factor for suicide attempt, while being in the colder months of the year and, surprisingly, unemployment were protective factors.
conclusionsA better understanding of patients referring to the ER due to attempted suicide may allow the identification of at-risk subjects and the implementation of targeted treatment approaches.
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