Serious Suicide Attempts: Evidence on Variables for Manage and Prevent this Phenomenon.

Serious Suicide Attempts: Evidence on Variables for Manage and Prevent this Phenomenon.
Community Ment Health J. 2015 Sep 23;
Authors: Mento C, Presti EL, Mucciardi M, Sinardi A, Liotta M, Settineri S
Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the variables shown to be linked to serious suicide attempts. Cases requiring emergency admission to intensive care were collected from medical records of the University Hospital in Messina (Italy) for the years 2006-2010. 107 cases of serious attempted suicide were examined, 39 of which ended in the death of the patient. The results showed the following variables to be linked highly significantly (P < 0.01) and have good nominal association (V > 0.30) with a fatal suicidal attempt: the year of the attempt, deceased father, history of physical illness prior to hospitalization and method used to carry out the suicide attempt. These results confirm the severity and the multidisciplinary importance of this phenomenon.
PMID: 26399518 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Community Mental Health Journal - September 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mento C, Presti EL, Mucciardi M, Sinardi A, Liotta M, Settineri S Tags: Community Ment Health J Source Type: research