@article{ref1,
title="Trends in suicidal behavior at a general hospital emergency department in southern  Brazil",
journal="Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy",
year="2020",
author="Lejderman, Betina and Parisotto, Aline and Spanemberg, Lucas",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of and factors associated with suicidal behavior  in patients seen at the emergency department (ED) of a general hospital in southern  Brazil. <br><br>METHOD: Descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study. The records of  all patients who had an emergency psychiatric consultation at the ED conducted by  the emergency psychiatric consultation service at Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia  Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul in 2016 and 2017 were analyzed and  stratified by sex and by age groups (15-29 years, 30-49 years, 50-69 years, and 70  years and older). Suicidal behavior was characterized by factors such as thoughts of  death, suicidal thoughts, and suicidal risk. Suicidal behavior was compared by sex  and between age groups with chi-square tests. Multivariate analysis of suicidal  behavior and gender, age, and specific diagnoses were compared with Poisson  regression. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 1,172 records from January 2016 to December 2017  were examined. There were more ED visits by females (63.1%) than males. Younger  patients (15-29 years) had a higher severe risk of suicide than elderly (≥ 70 years)  patients (54.1 vs. 19%; p < 0.01). Indicators of suicide behavior stratified by sex  and by age group revealed marked differences between age groups for all variables  among female patients. Overall, age group patterns for males were very similar in  terms of suicidal behavior variables. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: A high prevalence of suicidal  behavior was observed in this sample, particularly among young adults and especially  associated with female gender and diagnoses of depression and personality disorders.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2237-6089",
doi="10.1590/2237-6089-2019-0080",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2237-6089-2019-0080"
}