TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Differences in the disease severity and background characteristics of patients with suicide attempts due to overdose according to the time of day [letter]
JO  - Psychiatria Danubina
A1  - Hirashima, Tatsuro
A1  - Okamoto, Naomichi
A1  - Ikenouchi, Atsuko
A1  - Mayumi, Toshihiko
A1  - Yoshimura, Reiji
SP  - 322
EP  - 323
VL  - 34
IS  - 2
N2  - More than 15% of patients in the emergency room have psychiatric disorders (Villari et al. 2007). Suicidal attempts via psychotic drug overdose are a common reason for emergency consults (Okumura et al. 2012). The monthly and seasonal trends of suicidal attempts have been investigated to some extent (Galvão et al. 2018); however, few studies have determined the differences in patient background, disease severity, and length of hospitalization. The timing of depression symptoms varies, and they are typically worse in the morning than in the evening. We hypothesised that the mental states and background of patients who attempted suicide, differed, based on the time of day. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the visiting time and the severity of the suicide attempt via psychotic drug overdose. Patients, who attempted suicide via psychotic drug overdose from January 2015 to April 2018, were enrolled in the study. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health Kita-kyushu, Japan (approval number: H30-093). Out of 143 suicide cases, 101 patients, who overdosed on psychotic drugs...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0353-5053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -