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ArticleRevista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999)

Suicide detection in Chile: proposing a predictive model for suicide risk in a clinical sample of patients with mood disorders.

Jorge Barros, Susana Morales, Orietta Echávarri, Arnol García, Jaime Ortega, Takeshi Asahi, Claudia Moya, Ronit Fischman, María P Maino, Catalina Núñez

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Article in Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jorge BarrosDepartamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Susana MoralesDepartamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Orietta EchávarriDepartamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Arnol GarcíaCentro de Modelamiento Matemático, Departamento de Matemáticas, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Jaime OrtegaCentro de Modelamiento Matemático, Departamento de Matemáticas, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Takeshi AsahiCentro de Modelamiento Matemático, Departamento de Matemáticas, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Claudia MoyaFacultad de Enfermería, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago de Chile.
Ronit FischmanServicio de Neurología y Psiquiatría, Hospital Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna, Santiago, Chile.
María P MainoDepartamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Catalina NúñezPrivate practice.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · CLUniversity of Chile · CLHospital Luis Calvo Mackenna · CLSan Sebastián University · CL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objective: To analyze suicidal behavior and build a predictive model for suicide risk using data mining (DM) analysis.

methods: A study of 707 Chilean mental health patients (with and without suicide risk) was carried out across three healthcare centers in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile. Three hundred forty-three variables were studied using five questionnaires. DM and machine-learning tools were used via the support vector machine technique.

results: The model selected 22 variables that, depending on the circumstances in which they all occur, define whether a person belongs in a suicide risk zone (accuracy = 0.78, sensitivity = 0.77, and specificity = 0.79). Being in a suicide risk zone means patients are more vulnerable to suicide attempts or are thinking about suicide. The interrelationship between these variables is highly nonlinear, and it is interesting to note the particular ways in which they are configured for each case. The model shows that the variables of a suicide risk zone are related to individual unrest, personal satisfaction, and reasons for living, particularly those related to beliefs in one's own capacities and coping abilities.

conclusion: These variables can be used to create an assessment tool and enables us to identify individual risk and protective factors. This may also contribute to therapeutic intervention by strengthening feelings of personal well-being and reasons for staying alive. Our results prompted the design of a new clinical tool, which is fast and easy to use and aids in evaluating the trajectory of suicide risk at a given moment.

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Suicide PreventionAdolescentAdultChileFemaleHumansMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedModels, TheoreticalRisk FactorsSensitivity and SpecificitySocioeconomic FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adult

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