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Repeated suicide attempts among suicidal cases: Outcome of one‐year follow‐up
Author(s) -
Lee Yu,
Lin PaoYen,
Yeh WeiChiang,
Chiu NienMu,
Hung ChiFa,
Huang TsanYu,
Hsu SuTing,
Lee ChunYi,
Chen ChienChih,
Lin HuangChi,
Chong MianYoon
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
asia‐pacific psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1758-5872
pISSN - 1758-5864
DOI - 10.1111/j.1758-5872.2012.00189.x
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , depression (economics) , suicide prevention , suicide attempt , psychiatry , medicine , poison control , injury prevention , emergency department , psychology , clinical psychology , medical emergency , economics , macroeconomics
To assess the mortality rates and risk factors involved in repeated suicide attempts. Methods Patients with a record of suicidal attempts were recruited from the emergency department of a medical center in T aiwan from A ugust 2004 to J uly 2006. Their conditions were prospectively monitored for 12 months. The suicidal intention of the patients was ascertained using structured interview questions while their psychiatric diagnosis and depressive symptoms were assessed through the M ini I nternational N europsychiatric I nterview and H amilton R ating S cale for D epression. Results A total of 46 males and 99 females were recruited and 70% ( n = 102) of them were successfully monitored for one year. Among them, 38.2% had repeated suicide attempt(s) and 3.4% died as a result of suicide. Severe depression, aggression and positive suicide ideation were significantly associated with the repeated suicide attempts. Pessimistic repeaters had more previous suicide attempt(s) than the others. Conclusion A higher rate of repeated suicide attempts and mortality rates were found among suicide attempters from the one‐year outcome. Repeated suicide attempts increased the risk of mortality while persevering suicide thoughts and previous suicide attempts were risks for repeated suicidal behavior.