@article{ref1,
title="Perfis clínicos de indivíduos que fizeram tentativas graves de suicídio internados em um hospital universitário: análise de agrupamento",
journal="Revista brasileira de psiquiatria",
year="2005",
author="Rapeli, Claudemir Benedito 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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1516-4446",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}