Citation

Krajewska K, Gawlik-Kotelnicka O, Gmitrowicz A. Pol. Merkuriusz Lek. 2015; 38(228): 329-331.

Vernacular Title

Związek wybranych zaburzeń psychicznych z występowaniem prób samobójczych wśród nastoletnich pacjentów hospitalizowanych psychiatrycznie.

Affiliation

Medical University of Łódź, Poland: Department of Teenage Psychiatry.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, MEDPRESS - Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

26098652

Abstract

UNLABELLED: Suicide is the third cause of death globally in the age group 10-19. Multiple risk factors (genetic, psychiatric, psychological, familial, social) increased number of suicide attempts.

AIM: The aim of this study was to explore whether mental disorders are associated with the number of suicide attempts among psychiatric hospitalized adolescents.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective, chart-based analysis of 119 patients, aged 13-18, treated in 2013-2014 in the Department of Adolescent Psychiatry in Łódź. Inclusion criteria was diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders, mood disorders, neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders, behavioral and emotional disorders according to ICD 10. Exclusion criteria were other psychiatric diagnosis, incomplete information about intention of self-harm behaviors. For statistical analysis used Statistica 9.1.

RESULTS: Among psychiatricaly hospitalized patients, 51.2% of people attempted suicide. No relationship was found (p > 0.05) between psychiatric diagnosis and frequency of suicide attempts in adolescents, but the most common suicide attempts related to people with a diagnosis of mood disorders (59.3%) and neurotic disorders (54.6%), and least frequently in patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia , schizotypal and delusional disorders (40%) and behavioral and emotional disorders (44.4%).

CONCLUSIONS: There is no relation between the occurrence of suicide attempts and the type of mental disorders among psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents.

Language: pl