Citation

Bella ME, Fernandez AR, Acevedo G, Willington JM. Vertex 2008; 19(78): 10-16.

Vernacular Title

Analisis sociodemografico y psicopatologico en intentos de suicidio

Affiliation

Servicio de Salud Mental del Hospital de Niños de Córdoba. Investigadora de la Escuela de Salud Pública de la FCM-UNC. bellamonica@hotmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Polemos)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18592047

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to analyze socio-demographic and psychopathological factors affecting attempted suicides by youths admitted to the Hospital de Niños de Córdoba (Argentina). METHODS: prospective study based on clinical interviews and tests conducted on 80% of the patients admitted to the hospital in 2006. The significance level established for statistical comparisons was 0.05. RESULTS: 70% of the patient were female and 30% were male, the latter having a lower mean age than the female group (p0.001). The most common type of autoagression was the ingestion of medicines (87%). The most significant precedents in the psychopatological histories were: previous attempted suicides and conduct disorders (p0.002); 79% of them were not under treatment. Diagnoses at the moment of admission were: Mood Disorder (74%) and Disocial Disorder (74%). CONCLUSIONS: the main characteristics of this group are previous attempted suicides and psychopathological conditions which could have been diagnosed and treated previously.

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