| Outcome of attempted suicide and psychiatric consultation: risk factors and suicide mortality during a five-year follow-up. | |
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PMID: 1792928 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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A total of 1018 self-poisoned patients were treated during the year 1983 in the emergency room of Helsinki University Central Hospital. By the end of a 5-year follow-up period, 3.2% of these had committed suicide, making annual suicide mortality 589 per 100,000. During the first year after the index attempt, suicide mortality was 1768 per 100,000, a 50-fold risk compared with that of the total population in Helsinki. Risk factors were being male of advancing age, having mental disorders, previous suicide attempts, a nonimpulsive index suicide attempt, moderate to very serious lethality and severe intention to die during the index suicide attempt. When the lethality was assessed as being very serious or intention to die as certain, 21% later committed suicide. The relative risk for those left without psychiatric consultation was 0.6 when the lethality was mild and 1.6 when it was severe. Results indirectly indicate that psychiatric consultation seemed to have a positive effect on the outcome of these attempted suicides. |
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Authors:
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J Suokas; J Lönnqvist |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica Volume: 84 ISSN: 0001-690X ISO Abbreviation: Acta Psychiatr Scand Publication Date: 1991 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1992-04-01 Completed Date: 1992-04-01 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370364 Medline TA: Acta Psychiatr Scand Country: DENMARK |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 545-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, National Public Health Institute, Finland. |
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Adult Cause of Death Cross-Sectional Studies Emergency Services, Psychiatric Female Finland / epidemiology Follow-Up Studies Humans Incidence Male Motivation Overdose / mortality*, psychology* Referral and Consultation* Risk Factors Suicide / psychology*, statistics & numerical data* Suicide, Attempted / psychology*, statistics & numerical data* Survival Rate |
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