Citation

Rodante D, Rojas SM, Feldner MT, Dutton C, Rebok F, Teti GL, Grendas L, Fógola A, Daray FM. Compr. Psychiatry 2016; 70: 25-31.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.06.006

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Background
Family history of suicidal behavior and suicide are both risk factors for suicide. However, the effects of family history of suicide verse suicide attempts on patient suicidal behavior remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to understand if family history of suicide as compared to family history of suicide attempts or no family history of suicidal behavior evidences different associations with suicidal behavior among psychiatric patients.
Method
Participants included 157 female patients between the ages of 18 and 65 years admitted at the Dr. Braulio A. Moyano Neuropsychiatric Women's Hospital.
Results
Seventy-nine patients (50.3%) reported no family history of suicidal behavior (NFHSB), while 78 patients (49.7%) reported a family history of suicidal behavior. Specifically, 41 patients (26.1%) reported a family history of suicide attempt (FHSA) and 37 patients (23.6%) reported a family history of suicide (FHS). These groups showed significant differences between family history of psychopathology and number of previous suicide attempts. Patients with a FHSA were more likely to present with a greater number of previous suicide attempts as compared to patients with NFHSB and FHS.
Conclusion
There is an association between the number of suicide attempts and family history of suicide attempts in female patients hospitalized for suicidal behavior.

Language: en