@article{ref1,
title="Psychiatric hospitalization for attempted suicide and reattempt at the one-year follow-up",
journal="Psicothema",
year="2022",
author="Goñi-Sarriés, Adriana and Yárnoz-Goñi, Nora and López-Goñi, Jose J.",
volume="34",
number="3",
pages="375-382",
abstract="BACKGROUND: People hospitalized for suicide attempt (SA) have a high risk of repeating and committing suicide during the first months after discharge. The aim of this study is to compare the usual treatment (TAU) with a TAU supplemented with a telephone follow-up programme (TAU + T). <br><br>METHOD: Multicentre, open-trial, ex post facto pre-post prospective study that compared two samples of 90 (TAU) and 101 (TAU + T) people admitted in 2018-2019 for attempted suicide in two psychiatry units after one-year follow-up. Repeated SAs were analysed. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 31.4% (n =60) of the sample attempted suicide at least once during follow-up, with no differences between the units. A total of 32.5% (n =62) were readmitted during the following year, 15.6% of those readmissions were due to new suicide attempts. In TAU, the highest proportion of reattempts was among those diagnosed with personality disorders (77.8%) vs. other diagnoses (28.4%). In TAU + T, the highest proportion was found among those with previous SAs (50%) vs. those admitted for the first SA (4.4%). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: People admitted to psychiatric units for a first SA seem to benefit from TAU + T as it was associated with a lower recurrence of SA after discharge.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0214-9915",
doi="10.7334/psicothema2021.455",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2021.455"
}