Citation

Lang FU, Hubel N, Kösters M, Messer T, Dinse-Lambracht A, Jäger M. Neuropsychiatr. 2016; 30(2): 69-73.

Vernacular Title

Suizidalität in der Notfallmedizin: Ergebnisse einer retrospektiven Auswertung von Notarzteinsatzprotokollen.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University, Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Str. 2, 89312, Günzburg, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Dustri-Verlag)

DOI

10.1007/s40211-016-0181-2

PMID

27287928

Abstract

BACKGROUND: To analyze suicidal care episodes in emergency medical responses in Germany.

METHOD: Anonymized data from emergency care episodes in Ulm from 2004 to 2013 were analyzed retrospectively.

RESULTS: 158 of 933 psychiatric emergencies (16 %) were suicide related, including 14 completed suicides, 25 care episodes with suicidal ideation, and 119 suicide attempts. Significantly more men than women completed suicide (χ²(2,N = 934) = 12.70, p = 0.02). 93 % of the total psychiatric emergencies received any medication at all, and only about 33 % were transported to a psychiatric hospital.

CONCLUSION: Psychiatric treatment for suicidality in emergency medicine requires improvement to ensure that patients receive adequate therapy.

Language: en