Citation

Comella Fiestras T. Rev. Enferm. 2009; 32(2): 8-14.

Vernacular Title

Estudio del parasuicido una muestra de enfermos ingresados en centros

Affiliation

Universitaria en Enfermería Master Unidad Psiquiátrica, Hospital Santa Maria, Lleida thais_comella@yahoo.es

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Ediciones ROL)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19354148

Abstract

The purposes of this study were: 1) Identify and describe the risk factors of suicide in the zone of Lleida. 2) Evaluating from the subjective point of view, the negative expectations that a person has about his/her future and his/her welfare, as well as his/her skill to save the difficulties and to achieve the success in his/her life 3) Measuring the intensity of the desires of living and of dying, besides other elements that have to be taken into account as: the lethality of the considerate method, the availability of this, sensation of control about the action or the desire and the presence of discouraging. 4) Discriminating among normal individuals and patients with attempts of suicide or with antecedents of them. 5) Evaluating the characteristics of the suicidal attempt. 6) Calculating the risk/ransom. The study was a design of descriptive research of cases, with a sample of 19 subjects. In the results it is observed that has been the most frequent cause of the killing oneself attempt for psychopathic sufferings, the method used by excellence for this purpose has been the medicine overingestion. In the subjects who have taken antidepressant previous to the income it's seen statistically significant differences as for the affective factor and in the project of the attempt to suicide. The results, can not be extrapolated to the rest of population by the size as sample in which we are working, however it's an approach to the reality.

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