Citation

Brand S, Nejat M, Haghighi M, Rahimi A, Jahangard L, Sadeghi Bahmani D, Bajoghli H, Holsboer-Trachsler E, Ahmadpanah M. Iran. J. Psychiatry 2017; 12(4): 251-257.

Affiliation

Behavioral Disorders and Substances Abuse Research Center, Hamadan University of Medial Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Tehran University of Medical Sciences)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

29472951

Abstract

Objective: The present study aimed at assessing the sociodemographic and psychiatric characteristics of 40 to 65 year- old suicide attempters, who were referred to an emergency department within 4 hours of the attempt. Method: A total of 93 suicide attempters (Mean age=46.59 years) who were referred to an emergency department, were assessed in this study. Patients completed questionnaires covering sociodemographic data, personality traits, mood, and impulsivity. Psychiatric status of the patients was rated by experts. Results: Experts rated 85 (92.4%) of the suicide attempters as having a psychiatric disorder. Based on self-ratings and compared to normative data, 42 (46.6%) patients were psychopathologically ill. It was found that suicide attempts were not related to impulsive personality traits, mood disorders, sociodemographic patterns, or gender (gender-ratio: 1:1.58; f: m). Conclusion: The pattern of results suggests that further unknown factors were involved in pushing people to attempt suicide.

Language: en

Keywords

Emergency Unit; Middle-Aged Patients; Psychopathology; Sociodemographic Dimensions; Suicide Attempts