Citation

Madoz-Gúrpide A, Baca-Garcia E, Díaz-Sastre C, Ceverino A, Guerro D, Sáiz J. Actas Esp. Psiquiatr. 1999; 27(5): 329-333.

Vernacular Title

Demanda de asistencia previa al intento de suicidio.

Affiliation

Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, 28034, España.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, STM Editores)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10545665

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Suicide behavior is an important health problem. Several works found have reported that the majority of completed suicides visited to the general practitioner in previous days. METHOD: 219 suicide attempts attended in a General Hospital were asked about their previous contact with health system. RESULTS: The third part of the patients have visited the general practitioner in the previous month. 60% of the patients with personal antecedents of psychiatric diseases have visited to mental services in the previous month. CONCLUSIONS: It is necessary to find risk suicide markers that allow identifying these patients in primary attention. The increment of the consultation periodicity is proposed as efficient risk suicide marker.

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