@article{ref1,
title="Correlates of attempted suicide from the emergency room of 2 general hospitals in Montreal, Canada",
journal="Canadian journal of psychiatry, The",
year="2016",
author="Rahme, Elham and Low, Nancy C. P. and Lamarre, Suzanne and Daneau, Diane and Habel, Youssef and Turecki, Gustavo and Bonin, Jean-Pierre and Morin, Suzanne and Szkrumelak, Nadia and Singh, Santokh and Lesage, Alain",
volume="61",
number="7",
pages="382-393",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: The epidemiology of attempted suicide has not been well characterized because of lack of national data or an International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code for suicide attempts.   We conducted a retrospective chart review in 2 adult general hospitals (tertiary and community) in Montreal, Canada, in 2009-2010 to 1) describe the characteristics of men and women who presented to the emergency department (ED) and/or were hospitalized following a suicide attempt, 2) identify factors associated with attempts requiring hospitalizations, and 3) validate the use of International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) codes for &quot;intentional self-harm&quot; as a method to detect suicide attempts from hospital abstract summary records.    Method: All potential suicide attempts were identified from hospital abstract summary records and ED nursing triage file using ICD-10 codes and keywords suggestive of suicide attempts. All identified charts were examined, and those with confirmed suicide attempts were fully reviewed.   Results: Of the 5746 identified charts, 369 were fully reviewed. Of these, 176 were for suicide attempters treated in the ED and 193 for hospitalized attempters, of whom 46% had an ICD-10 code for intentional self-harm. Poisoning (46%) was the most frequent method of suicide used. Half of attempters were younger than 34 years, 53% were female, and 75% had a history of mental disorders.   Conclusion: About half of individuals who seek medical care for attempted suicide are admitted to hospital. About half of attempters use poisoning as a method of suicide, and a quarter do not have a history of mental disorders. Intentional self-harm codes capture only about half of hospitalized attempters.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0706-7437",
doi="10.1177/0706743716639054",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0706743716639054"
}