@article{ref1,
title="Suicidal attempts and self-poisoning: 1-year retrospective cohort study from the quaternary hospital in Thai metropolitan area",
journal="Health science reports",
year="2022",
author="Thumtecho, Suthimon and Sriworasuwat, Pannavach and Wainipitapong, Sorawit",
volume="5",
number="6",
pages="e941-e941",
abstract="BACKGROUND AND AIMS: In Thailand, suicide is the leading cause of death among middle-aged adults. We believe suicide characteristics depend on different cultural/socioeconomic status. This study aimed to describe the characteristics and associated factors of suicidal attempts by self-poisoning in Bangkok, the metropolitan city of Thailand. <br><br>METHODS: Records of all patients visiting the emergency department of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, with self-poisoning suicidal attempts throughout 2021 were collected and analyzed. <br><br>RESULTS: Self-poisoning accounted for 110 attempts (by 74 patients). Females aged 11-30 were the most prevalent group. Pharmaceutical agents were commonly used. Most patients (86.4%) had underlying psychiatric illness(es), mostly major depressive disorder. Female, history of psychiatric illness and follow-ups, personality comorbid, and previous attempts reached statistical significance by univariate regression for factors associated with reattempting suicide, but only personality comorbid was significant from multivariable study (p = 0.02). Reattempting mostly recurred within 8 days after the prior attempt. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Majority of self-poisoned patients in Bangkok were young adults taking medications, which differs from the overall Thai population where most instances involve patients of older patients (30-50 years) and ingestion of agricultural substances. Appropriate strategies are needed for specific psychosocial/socioeconomic contexts and within the critical period after previous nonfatal attempts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2398-8835",
doi="10.1002/hsr2.941",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.941"
}