TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Perfis clínicos de indivíduos que fizeram tentativas graves de suicídio internados em um hospital universitário: análise de agrupamento
JO  - Revista brasileira de psiquiatria
A1  - Rapeli, Claudemir Benedito
A1  - Botega, Neury Jose
SP  - 285
EP  - 289
VL  - 27
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1516-4446
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -