@article{ref1,
title="Clinical profiles of serious suicide attempters consecutively admitted to a university-based hospital: a cluster analysis study",
journal="Revista brasileira de psiquiatria",
year="2005",
author="Rapeli, Claudemir B. and Botega, Neury Jose",
volume="27",
number="4",
pages="285-289",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To verify the presence of different groups of medically serious suicide attempters who had more clinical or surgical seriousness and required admission to a general hospital. METHODS: 121 patients admitted consecutively were assessed. A questionnaire containing items on the patient characteristics and psychometric scales to assess the suicidal intent and lethality were used. A cluster analysis was performed using the K-means method. RESULTS: Three groups were identified: 1) 43 subjects (mostly female) characterized by self-poisoning with medication and low suicidal intent, with highly impulsive suicide attempts; 2) 53 subjects (mostly males) who ingested pesticides and presented both moderate degrees of lethality and suicidal intent; 3) 17 subjects (predominantly males) who used more violent methods and presented high levels of lethality and suicidal intent. CONCLUSIONS: Grouped data of these inpatients could be misleading for follow-up research purposes as our findings indicate that there are relatively distinct clinical profiles among suicide attempters admitted to a general hospital.",
language="",
issn="1516-4446",
doi="/S1516-44462005000400006",
url="http://dx.doi.org//S1516-44462005000400006"
}