Citation

Isjanovski V, Vukovic V, Hadjihamza K, Pejoska-Gerazova V, Raleva M. Prilozi 2010; 31(2): 183-193.

Affiliation

Skopje Psychiatric Hospital, Skopje, R. Macedonia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite, Oddelenie za bioloski i medicinski nauki)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21258287

Abstract

(Full text is available at http://www.manu.edu.mk/prilozi). Objectives: The aim of this study was to determinate some characteristics of schizophrenia patients who attempted suicide at the Skopje Psychiatric Hospital, Skopje, with respect to clinical, ethical and legal context. Methods: The study included 80 patients with schizophrenia, 17.5% (n = 14) of whom attempted suicide. The psychiatric diagnosis of schizophrenia was based on ICD-10 criteria. Sociodemographic and clinical data are presented descriptively as percentages. Results: Based on the characteristics of patients with schizophrenia who attempted suicide, we obtained a typical profile as follows: middle-aged persons (average age44.8), single (71.4% were not married and 35.7% lived alone), (87.5%) unemployed, repeatedly hospitalized and had a history of suicide attempts (50%), attempting suicide using a violent method (poisoning 64.3%, drowning 21.4%, slashing their wrists 14.3%, jumped from a height 7.1% etc.) after more than three weeks of hospital treatment, and out of hospital. The success of psychiatric treatment is the perception of the legal and medical aspects of suicide as well as their efficient balancing. Key words: suicide, schizophrenia, characteristics.

Language: en