TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Reduction in short-term repetition of attempted suicide associated with new organization of psychiatric management of suicide attempters
JO  - Presse Medicale (1983)
A1  - Batt-Moillo, Agnes
A1  - Millet, Bruno
A1  - Drapier, Dominique
A1  - Gault, Sosane
A1  - Eudier, Francis
SP  - 759
EP  - 763
VL  - 35
IS  - 5 Pt 1
N2  - TWO COHORTS: OBJECTIVES: To investigate the impact of the reorganization of psychiatric care in the Accident and Emergency (A&amp;E) unit on repeated suicide attempts. Method:The study includes suicide attempters admitted to the Rennes University Hospital (Brittany, France) A&amp;E unit in 1994 (n=1003) and 2000 (n=1018). We compared the clinical data (age, gender, marital status, suicide history, methods, and outcome at discharge from A&amp;E) and psychiatric management of the two cohorts. The rate of repeated suicide attempts was measured according to the same criterion in 1994 and 2000 (re-admission to the A&amp;E unit). RESULTS: Both populations of suicide attempters were very similar from both a clinical and demographic point of view. The repetition rate at 1 month was significantly higher (OR=4.16, p=0.0001) in 1994 than in 2000. The difference between the cohorts continued at three and six months, but became statistically insignificant at one year. CONCLUSION: By 2000, organization of psychiatric care in the A&amp;E unit had been substantially strengthened. The presence of a complete psychiatric team (nurses, junior psychiatrist, and senior psychiatrist) in the A&amp;E unit, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, was associated with a lower rate of repeated suicide attempts.     <p></p>    <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 0755-4982
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -