TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Suicidal risk and and associated factors in Psychology students in a public College of Colombia
JO  - Revista Habanera de Ciencias Medicas
A1  - Sepúlveda, P.C.G.
A1  - Pérez, Ó.A.M.
A1  - Valencia, J.C.O.
SP  - 136
EP  - 146
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
N2  - INTRODUCTION: suicide is a global public health problem. To detecting two factors are standouts, autolytic behaviors and ideation. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: was evaluate the suicidal risk and associated factorsin a group of Psychology students in a public college of Colombia. Material and Methods: a study of quantitative approach and transversal design with a group of 1265 Psychology students, was performed. Suicidal risk was evaluated through ISO-30 test, and a questionnaire was designed asking for sociodemographic, health, and self-harm numbers information. Descriptive and association measures were calculated. These instruments were applied during first half of the year 2013, with previous informed consent from every participant. <br><br>RESULTS: was found that 3, 6% have high suicidal risk, and 9, 1% have harmed themselves at least once in life. In relation to high risk of suicide, was found that women have three times more risk than men; those from west zone have eight times more risk than those from eastern center zone; for each student who is at risk and has not been harmed themselves, there are five who do what they have done; in addition, each student made a minimal risk of self-harm, there are six students who injured themselves seriously in seeking death. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: sex, age self-harm and consultation antecedents into health services, can be important predictors of suicidal risk in college students. This field needs more investigation.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 1729-519X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -