Citation

Kanai R. Teikyo Med. J. 2005; 28(4-5): 217-228.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Teikyō Daigaku, Igakubu)

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Abstract

Background and Method: 111 out of 161 suicide attempters admitted to the Teikyo University Hospital Emergency Unit were examined psychiatrically.

RESULTS and Conclusion: From the results, we found that the number of the female suicide attempters were twice as many as the male suicide attempters. Psychiatric diagnosis revealed that the number of persons with personality disorders was the greatest, followed by those with spectra of mood disorders, schizophrenia, and adjustment disorders. The suicide attempters were divided into three groups according to their sex, age, diagnosis, and means of suicide attempt. The highest proportion of suicide attempters were young females with personality disorder, attempting to suicide by means of drug overdose. This group had a tendency to be discharged from the hospital within few days and to repeat suicide attempts. Therefore, limitations of psychiatric intervention effort are apparent in this group. In addition, the administrative responses to their suicide attempts may be requisite because of the number of persons in this group has increased recently. The second group consisted of patients with a mood disorder of wide range of age, while the third group consisted of male patients with alcoholism and schizophrenia who choose a serious method of suicide attempt. In these groups, therapeutic relationship during admission and continuous therapy after discharge were easily constructed, indicating that psychiatric intervention effort is effective to prevent their suicides.

Language: ja

Keywords

adult; human; Japan; female; male; alcoholism; Suicide attempt; schizophrenia; suicide attempt; Personality disorder; drug overdose; mood disorder; article; major clinical study; personality disorder; sex ratio; hospital admission; emergency ward; psychiatric diagnosis; adjustment disorder; Emergency unit; Drug overdose; university hospital; Duration of admission