Citation

Peña Galbán LY, Rodríguez LC, De La Cruz MP, Arencibia TG, Álvarez MG. Rev. Cubana Med. Mil. 2002; 31(3): 182-187.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Medical Services Division at the Logistics Command, The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba (FAR), Publisher Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Infomed)

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Abstract

A descriptive study of 80 patients with attempted suicide from January 1997 to December 2000 was undertaken. These patients had been admitted to the Psychiatry Service of "Dr Octavio de la Concepción y de la Pedraja" Military Hospital. The 17-23 years-old group was predominant. The psychopathological profile comprised anxiety, suicidal ideas, sadness and insomnia. The personality profile from the implementation of the 16 PF allowed characterizing the group as persons with emotional instability, unconfident, apprehensive, anxious, stressed, frustrated, highly anxious. Drug poisoning was the most used method to commit suicide. The incidence of the family history of attempted suicides and psychiatric disorders was high. Among the psychiatric diseases, anxious and depressive situational disorders were the number one.

Language: pt

Keywords

Adolescent psychiatry/methods; Epidemiology, descriptive; Male, adolescence; Personality disorders; Suicide, attempted /psychology