TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Characteristics of violent attempt suicides and implications for after-care
JO  - European journal of psychiatry
A1  - Van Heeringen, C.
A1  - Jannes, C.
A1  - Van Remoortel, J.
SP  - 152
EP  - 160
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
N2  - The secondary prevention of attempted suicide is important because of the high rate of repetition and the substantial risk of completed suicide. This prevention is hampered by several factors such as the hererogeneity of the patient population. Delineation of subgroups of patients with specific needs might therefore contribute to the prevention of repetition and of completed suicide. In order to evaluate whether patients with violent suicide attempts form a group with such specific needs, these patients (n = 108) are compared with non-violent attempters (n = 863). Violent attempters appear to have a significant lower female to male ratio, to be significantly older and to show significantly more organic mental and major depressive disorders. No differences are found for: previous or present psychiatric treatment, previous suicide attempts and risk of repetition. It is concluded that violent suicide attempters are at higher risk of completed suicide than non-violent attempters. Management of these patients must herefore include thorough psychiatric screening, especially for major depressive disorders, and appropriate treatment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0213-6163
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -