a quantitative study of family factors that interfere with suicide attempters

Characteristics of suicide attempters with family history of suicide attempt: a retrospective chart review

BACKGROUND Family history of suicide attempt is one of the risks of suicide. We aimed at exploring the characteristics of Japanese suicide attempters with and without a family history of suicide attempt. METHODS Suicide attempters admitted to an urban emergency department from 2003 to 2008 were interviewed by two attending psychiatrists on items concerning family history of suicide attempt an...

Risk factors of future suicide in suicide attempters

Factors associated with choice of high lethality methods in suicide attempters: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND Most attempted suicides have a low lethality, but hanging, drowning, and jumping from a great height have a high risk of completed suicide. The aim of this study was to assess the sociodemographic profiles of patients who attempted suicide using high lethality methods relative to all other methods of attempted suicide. METHODS We retrospectively investigated all attempted suicides ...

Characteristic Risk Factors Associated with Planned versus Impulsive Suicide Attempters.

OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to investigate predictors for planned suicide attempters. METHODS This study included 1,003 patients who attempted suicide and visited emergency department. They were divided into two groups, planned suicide attempters (SAs; n=133 [13.3%]) and impulsive SAs (n=870, [86.7%]), and the demographic variables, clinical characteristics, factors related to suicide, ...

Suicide Attempt: Risk Factors & Family Function

Introduction: Suicide resulting of psychological and social disturbances. Family, as an intermediate institute, has a bilateral role; on one hand provides a protective factor for health. Meanwhile, family malfunctions work as a risk factor in suicide. This research is performed to study family risk factors and functioning among suicide attempted. ...

What Distinguishes Suicide Attempters From Suicide Ideators? A MetaAnalysis of Potential Factors

Most suicide ideators do not attempt suicide. Thus, it is useful to understand what differentiates attempters from ideators. We meta-analyzed 27 studies comparing sociodemographic and clinical variables between attempters and ideators. When comparing ideators to nonsuicidal individuals, there were several large effects. For example, depression and PTSD were markedly elevated among ideators (d =...