TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Health care contacts before and after attempted suicide
JO  - Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
A1  - Suominen, Kirsi H.
A1  - Isometsä, Erkki T.
A1  - Ostamo, Aini I.
A1  - Lönnqvist, Jouko K.
SP  - 89
EP  - 94
VL  - 37
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The prevalence and timing of contact with health care predicting and after a suicide attempt are not well known. This study systematically investigated the pattern of all health care contacts both before and after attempted suicide. METHODS: All consecutive 1,198 suicide attempters treated in hospital emergency rooms in Helsinki during a 12-month period were identified. Data were gathered on all health care contacts 1 year before and after the index attempt. RESULTS: The vast majority of the suicide attempters had contact with health care during the 12 months before and after the index attempt. However, half were without a treatment contact during the final 30 days before the index attempt and one-third in the 30 days following the attempt. Suicide attempters who were not referred to aftercare, did not suffer from a previously recognised major mental disorder, were male, or made non-violent attempts were less likely to be receiving treatment after the attempt. CONCLUSION: Although most suicide attempters have contact with health care within the year before and after the parasuicide, far fewer actually have a treatment contact at the time of the attempt.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0933-7954
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -