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Sanz MTR, Villahoz LB, Alhambra RD, Carpio CF, García CAC, Usaola CP. Proximal characteristics of suicide attempts: a study in a public hospital in Spain. REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE PSIQUIATRIA (ENGLISH ED.) 2024; 53:158-164. [PMID: 39129090 DOI: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2022.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 08/13/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Different parameters of suicide attempts treated since the implementation of the Attention to Suicide Risk Program (ARSUIC) in 2012 at the Hospital Ramón y Cajal in Madrid Region are described in this paper. METHOD The sample was composed of 107 patients and the information was collected through a questionnaire created ad hoc with the following variables: type of suicidal ideation; drug use immediately prior to the attempt; method (in case of drug overdosing: drug/s used); location; accessibility to rescue; planning; intentionality; criticism; and brakes. RESULTS Descriptive statistics were obtained and a comparison by gender was made through the χ2 and contingency coefficients tests. The data from the retrospective longitudinal study showed that the most common profile was of patients with unstructured ideas of death and no previous drug use who took an unplanned drug overdose in the family home, with the intention of self-harm or avoidance of discomfort, especially with benzodiazepines. Patients tend to ask for help afterwards and criticise the attempt, but potential restraints are often not recorded in the clinical report. Regarding the dissimilarities based on gender, statistically significant differences were found in prior alcohol consumption, in favour of men and in the overdose method, specifically with benzodiazepines, in favour of women. CONCLUSIONS Knowing the types of attempts at self-harm is essential for improving prevention, understanding and patient management.
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- María Teresa Rosique Sanz
- Centro de Salud Mental de Hortaleza, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain; Facultad de Psicología, Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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- Centro de Salud Mental de Hortaleza, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Romero-Acosta K, Verhelst S, Lowe GA, Lipps GE, Restrepo J, Fonseca L. Association Between Suicidal Behaviour and Cannabis and Tranquilizer use, Depression, Aggression and Other Borderline Personality Traits Among Students in Sincelejo, Colombia. REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE PSIQUIATRIA (ENGLISH ED.) 2023; 52:225-235. [PMID: 37923416 DOI: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2021.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This objective of this study is to examine the association between suicidal behaviour and substance use, depression, aggressiveness and borderline personality traits among adolescents from Sincelejo, a rural city in the north of Colombia. METHODS This cross sectional study included 352 participants selected by purposive sampling, from a public and a private school located in Sincelejo, Sucre district, in the north of Colombia. Students ages ranged from 12 to 18 years old (mean, 15.09±1.82). The participants completed three screening tools: a socio-demographic questionnaire, a screening instrument to collect information related to the frequency of use of some substances, such as tobacco and cannabis, and a self-report inventory to assess various personality and psychopathology domains. A series of t-tests, ANOVA and linear regression analyses were conducted. RESULTS Physical aggression (t=7.74; p <0.01), cognitive depression (t=5.03; p <0.01), affective depression (t=8.24; p <0.01), affective instability (t=3.46; p <0.01), few social relationships (t=3.36; p <0.01), self-harm (t=3.45; p<.01), cannabis and tranquilizer use (t=2.83; p <0.05; and t=2.37; p <0.05) had a significant independent relationship with suicidal behaviour. Aggression (t=2.59; p <0.05), components of depression (t=9.03; p <0.01) and borderline personality traits (t=4.12; p <0.01) also predicted suicidal behaviour. CONCLUSIONS More longitudinal studies are needed in this area to identify the causal relations between the factors studied and the suicidal behaviour of young people in Sincelejo.
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- Kelly Romero-Acosta
- Department of Psychological Research, House 9, Corporación Universitaria del Caribe CECAR, Sincelejo, Colombia.
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- Department of Psychological Research, House 9, Corporación Universitaria del Caribe CECAR, Sincelejo, Colombia
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- Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, The University of the West Indies - Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
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- Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, The University of the West Indies - Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
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- Department of Psychological Research, House 9, Corporación Universitaria del Caribe CECAR, Sincelejo, Colombia
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- Department of Psychological Research, House 9, Corporación Universitaria del Caribe CECAR, Sincelejo, Colombia
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Romero-Acosta K, Verhelst S, Lowe GA, Lipps GE, Restrepo J, Fonseca L. Association Between Suicidal Behaviour and Cannabis and Tranquilizer use, Depression, Aggression and Other Borderline Personality Traits Among Students in Sincelejo, Colombia. REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE PSIQUIATRIA (ENGLISH ED.) 2021; 52:S0034-7450(21)00106-2. [PMID: 34246472 DOI: 10.1016/j.rcp.2021.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Revised: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This objective of this study is to examine the association between suicidal behaviour and substance use, depression, aggressiveness and borderline personality traits among adolescents from Sincelejo, a rural city in the north of Colombia. METHODS This cross sectional study included 352 participants selected by purposive sampling, from a public and a private school located in Sincelejo, Sucre district, in the north of Colombia. Students ages ranged from 12 to 18 years old (mean, 15.09±1.82). The participants completed three screening tools: a socio-demographic questionnaire, a screening instrument to collect information related to the frequency of use of some substances, such as tobacco and cannabis, and a self-report inventory to assess various personality and psychopathology domains. A series of t-tests, ANOVA and linear regression analyses were conducted. RESULTS Physical aggression (t=7.74; p <0.01), cognitive depression (t=5.03; p <0.01), affective depression (t=8.24; p <0.01), affective instability (t=3.46; p <0.01), few social relationships (t=3.36; p <0.01), self-harm (t=3.45; p<.01), cannabis and tranquilizer use (t=2.83; p <0.05; and t=2.37; p <0.05) had a significant independent relationship with suicidal behaviour. Aggression (t=2.59; p <0.05), components of depression (t=9.03; p <0.01) and borderline personality traits (t=4.12; p <0.01) also predicted suicidal behaviour. CONCLUSIONS More longitudinal studies are needed in this area to identify the causal relations between the factors studied and the suicidal behaviour of young people in Sincelejo.
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- Kelly Romero-Acosta
- Department of Psychological Research, House 9, Corporación Universitaria del Caribe CECAR, Sincelejo, Colombia.
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- Department of Psychological Research, House 9, Corporación Universitaria del Caribe CECAR, Sincelejo, Colombia
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- Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, The University of the West Indies - Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
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- Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, The University of the West Indies - Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
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- Department of Psychological Research, House 9, Corporación Universitaria del Caribe CECAR, Sincelejo, Colombia
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- Department of Psychological Research, House 9, Corporación Universitaria del Caribe CECAR, Sincelejo, Colombia
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Rosa NMD, Oliveira RRD, Arruda GOD, Mathias TADF. Mortalidade por suicídio no Estado do Paraná segundo meios utilizados: uma análise epidemiológica. JORNAL BRASILEIRO DE PSIQUIATRIA 2017. [DOI: 10.1590/0047-2085000000153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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RESUMO Objetivo Analisar a distribuição epidemiológica da mortalidade por suicídio, segundo os meios utilizados no Estado do Paraná. Métodos Trata-se de um estudo descritivo sobre os dados de mortalidade por suicídio e meios utilizados nas Macrorregionais de Saúde de residência, constantes no Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade, de 1996 a 2000 e de 2009 a 2012 e analisados por meio de estatística descritiva e inferencial, teste de qui-quadrado/c2 e medida de associação/odds ratio. Resultados Houve aumento na variação percentual da taxa de mortalidade por suicídio pelo enforcamento na maioria das Macrorregionais de Saúde do Estado, para ambos os sexos. Entretanto, o suicídio por arma de fogo, autointoxicação por pesticidas e outros meios apresentou declínio no período de 1996 a 2000 para 2009 a 2012. O enforcamento esteve associado ao sexo masculino e à idade superior a 45 anos, no período de 1996 a 2000, e à escolaridade acima de 12 anos, não ter companheiro e óbito no domicílio, para o período de 2009 a 2012. Notou-se maior variação percentual na taxa de mortalidade por suicídio na Macrorregional Oeste. Conclusão O levantamento das características específicas dos meios utilizados para o suicídio no Estado é um componente necessário para a implementação de intervenções preventivas para sua redução.
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Builes Correa MV, Ramírez Zapata AM, Arango Arbeláez BE, Anderson Gómez MT. [The Meaning That Families Place on the Suicide of Pregnant Mothers in Antioquia, 2010-2011]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 43:124-33. [PMID: 26575125 DOI: 10.1016/j.rcp.2013.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To identify the meaning that the families of two pregnant women from Antioquia placed on their suicide in 2010-2011. METHODOLOGY A qualitative research using the phenomenological and hermeneutical approach, specifically a case study analysis. RESULTS The category named "family task: weaving a history that helps them to understand" emerged in both families. Two trends were found in the family of Bella: "tragedy, tensions and scenarios" and "fluctuations: between fear-guilt and relief." The family of Consentida showed three trends: "trapped with no escape", "suicide and orphanhood: the understanding of Juanita" and "death is death." CONCLUSIONS For both families, the fact that the women were pregnant had an important effect on the event of voluntary death. The construction of meaning that took place in both families followed two paths: differentiation and death itself; both can be resilient ways of coping with such a tragedy.
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- María Victoria Builes Correa
- Médica General y Especialista en Terapia Familiar, Magíster en Educación y Desarrollo Humano, Coordinadora de la Maestría en Terapia Familiar y de Pareja, Departamento de Psiquiatría, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
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- Psicóloga, Especialista en Terapia Familiar, Universidad de Antioquia, Investigadora del convenio Colciencias-Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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Gómez Restrepo C, Bohórquez Peñaranda AP, Gil Lemus LM, Jaramillo LE, García Valencia J, Bravo Narváez E, de la Hoz Bradford AM, Palacio C. [Suicide Risk Assessment in the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Depression in Colombia]. REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE PSIQUIATRIA 2014; 43 Suppl 1:3-11. [PMID: 26574108 DOI: 10.1016/j.rcp.2013.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Suicide is the most serious complications of depression. It has high associated health costs and causes millions of deaths worldwide per year. Given its implications, it is important to know the factors that increase the risk of its occurrence and the most useful tools for addressing it. OBJECTIVES To identify the signs and symptoms that indicate an increased risk of suicide, and factors that increase the risk in patients diagnosed with depression. To establish the tools best fitted to identify suicide risk in people with depression. METHOD Clinical practice guidelines were developed, following those of the methodmethodological guidelines of the Ministry of Social Protection, to collect evidence and to adjust recommendations. Recommendations from the NICE90 and CANMAT guidelines were adopted and updated for questions found in these guidelines, while new recommendations were developed for questions not found in them. RESULTS Basic points and recommendations are presented from a chapter of the clinical practice guidelines on depressive episodes and recurrent depressive disorder related to suicide risk assessment. Their corresponding recommendation levels are included.
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- Carlos Gómez Restrepo
- Médico psiquiatra, MSc en Epidemiología Clínica, psiquiatra de enlace, psicoanalista, profesor titular del Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, director del Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Psiquiatra de enlace del Hospital Universitario San Ignacio. Director de GAI Depresión. Codirector del CINETS. Bogotá, Colombia.
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- Médica psiquiatra, Maestría en Epidemiología Clínica, profesora del Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Coordinadora de GAI Depresión. Bogotá, Colombia
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- Médica psiquiatra, especialista en terapia cognitivo conductual y terapia dialéctico comportamental, experta temática del Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia
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- Médico psiquiatra, MSc en Farmacología, profesor titular del Departamento de Psiquiatría de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Delegado de la Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría. Bogotá, Colombia
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- Médica psiquiatra, MSc PhD en Epidemiología, profesora del Departamento de Psiquiatría de la Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia
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- Médica, residente de tercer año, asistente de investigación del Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia
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- Médica, MSc en Epidemiología Clínica del Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia
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- Médico psiquiatra, MSc en Epidemiología Clínica, profesor titular del Departamento de Psiquiatría, Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia
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Ortega PA, Manrique RD, Tovilla Zarate CA, López Jaramillo C, Cuartas JM. Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Suicides Committed in Medellin, Colombia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 43:106-12. [PMID: 26574965 DOI: 10.1016/j.rcp.2014.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Revised: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Suicidio en el anciano. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 43 Suppl 1:80-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rcp.2013.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Gómez-Restrepo C, Peñaranda APB, Valencia JG, Guarín MR, Narváez EB, Jaramillo LE, Acosta CAP, Pedraza RS, Díaz SMC. [Integral Care Guide for Early Detection and Diagnosis of Depressive Episodes and Recurrent Depressive Disorder in Adults. Integral Attention of Adults with a Diagnosis of Depressive Episodes and Recurrent Depressive Disorder: Part I: Risk Factors, Screening, Suicide Risk Diagnosis and Assessment in Patients with a Depression Diagnosis]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 41:719-39. [PMID: 26572263 DOI: 10.1016/s0034-7450(14)60044-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Accepted: 11/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Depression is an important cause of morbidity and disability in the world; however, it is under-diagnosed at all care levels. OBJECTIVE The purpose here is to present recommendations based on the evidence gathered to answer a series of clinical questions concerning risk factors, screening, suicide risk diagnosis and evaluation in patients undergoing a depressive episode and recurrent depressive disorder. Emphasis has been made upon the approach used at the primary care level so as to grant adult diagnosed patients the health care guidelines based on the best and more updated evidence available thus achieving minimum quality standards. METHODOLOGY A practical clinical guide was elaborated according to standards of the Methodological Guide of the Ministry of Social Protection. Recommendation from guides NICE90 and CANMAT were adopted and updated so as to answer the questions posed while de novo questions were developed. RESULTS Recommendations 1-22 corresponding to screening, suicide risk and depression diagnosis were presented. The corresponding degree of recommendation is included.
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- Carlos Gómez-Restrepo
- Médico psiquiatra, MSc Epidemiología Clínica, Psiquiatra de Enlace, Psicoanalista, profesor titular Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, director Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, director Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Director GAI Depresión, codirector CINETS, Bogotá, Colombia.
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- Médica psiquiatra, Maestría Epidemiología Clínica, profesora Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Coordinadora GAI Depresión, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Médica psiquiatra, MSc, PhD Epidemiología, profesora Departamento de Psiquiatría, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Médica psiquiatra, MSc Epidemiología Clínica, profesora Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Médica, residente de tercer año, asistente de investigación, Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Médico psiquiatra, MSc Farmacología, profesor titular Departamento de Psiquiatría, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, delegado Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Médico psiquiatra, MSc Epidemiología Clínica, profesor titular Departamento de Psiquiatría, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Médico psiquiatra, MSc Epidemiología Clínica, profesor titular Departamento de Psiquiatría, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Médico residente Psiquiatría, asistente de investigación, Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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