TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Factors associated with referral to mental health services among suicide attempters visiting emergency centers of general hospitals in Korea: Does history of suicide attempts predict referral?
JO  - General hospital psychiatry
A1  - Cho, Junho
A1  - Chung, Hyun Soo
A1  - Lee, Kyeongryong
A1  - Kim, Han Joon
A1  - Seo, Young Mi
A1  - Choi, Seung-Pil
A1  - Yim, Hyeon Woo
A1  - Lee, Myung-Soo
A1  - Jo, Sun-Jin
SP  - 294
EP  - 299
VL  - 33
IS  - 3
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether a history of past suicide attempts was a critical factor for referral to mental health services among suicide attempters visiting emergency centers of general hospitals in Korea. METHOD: In this cross-sectional study, a resident of emergency medicine at each emergency center interviewed 310 suicide attempters visiting five tertiary general hospitals located in Seoul, using standardized questionnaires, during 7 months in 2007. We examined associations between suicide attempt history and referral to mental health services via multiple logistic regressions. RESULTS: Subjects' rate of referral to mental health services was 47.3%. When we controlled for participant age, time of arrival at the emergency center, psychiatric treatment history, use of alcohol, suicide attempt lethality and subjective expectation to suicide attempts, past suicide attempts did not predict referral to mental health services (odds ratio=1.74; 95% confidence interval .88-3.43). CONCLUSION: Psychiatric interventions for suicide reattempters visiting emergency centers are important for preventing suicide, but providers have not considered suicide attempt history as a critical factor for referral to mental health services. Therefore, we suggest that more effort is needed to systemize psychiatric interventions for suicide reattempters at emergency centers in Korea.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0163-8343
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.01.008
ID  - ref1
ER  -