Psychiatric Morbidity of Suicide Attempt Patients Requiring ICU Intervention

Psychosocial Profile, Mode of Attempt and Psychiatric Co-Morbidity in Attempted Suicide Patients – A Study From South India

Model of psychotherapeutic crisis intervention following suicide attempt.

Psychiatric consultation of all suicide-attempt patients during a one year period in a tertiary hospital.

BACKGROUND Many tertiary hospitals provide psychiatric services that treat diverse clinical situations. Most patients referred to these services following a serious suicide attempt have psychiatric diagnoses, but their unique characteristics and needs are not known. OBJECTIVES To examine the files of patients hospitalized in a tertiary hospital in Israel following a serious suicide attempt. T...

Systematic review of risk factors for suicide and suicide attempt among psychiatric patients in Latin America and Caribbean.

OBJECTIVE To analyze published evidence from the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region pertaining to risk factors for completed suicide and suicide attempts among psychiatric populations. METHODS Potential studies were identified through systematic electronic searches in MEDLINE and LILACS. Included studies were cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional designed investigations of psychiatr...

Psychopharmacological treatment before suicide attempt among patients admitted to a psychiatric intensive care unit.

BACKGROUND It is difficult to assess the effectiveness of treatments in lowering suicide incidence. METHODS To ascertain the impact of antidepressants (AD) on suicidal behavior, we compared the psychopharmacological treatment taken in the previous 3 months by cases who had made or not a suicide attempt (SA) just before their admission to a hospital. RESULTS In comparison with not SA cases, ...