TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Suicidal behaviors in the child and adolescent population seen in a pediatric hospital
JO  - Revista Española de Pediatría
A1  - Curcoy Barcenilla, A.
A1  - Alda Díez, J.A.
A1  - García García, J.J.
A1  - Pérez-Simó, R.
A1  - Luaces Cubells, C.
A1  - Pou Fernández, J.
SP  - 512
EP  - 514
VL  - 59
IS  - 6
N2  - Introduction. In the last years attempted suicide is currently a significant problem among the teenage population, be coming an important health problem. Nowaday it is one of the most frequent cause of visit into a pysichiatric emergency departament and it represents 40% of there total hospitalization in this units. Material and methods. Retrospective and descriptive study of patients visited because of suicide attemp in our emergency departament from January to Agoust 2000. <br><br>RESULTS. Seventy one patients with attempted suicide were visit in emergency departament. The mean age was 15,5 years; 65 patients (91%) were female. The most common method was voluntary intoxication in 57 patients (80%). 79% have a prior Psychiatric evaluation and 24 patients (34%) have a prior suicide attempt. Recent stressful life events is the most frequent precipitator for attempting suicide in 39 patients (54,6%). 34 patients (48%) required admission to the hospital. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS. Attempted suicide is a significant problem among the teenage population, especially among teenage girls and those with prior suicide attempt. We recomended hospitalitation for a minimum of 24 hours to prevent the future attempts.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0034-947X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -