Open AccessSuicidal Ideation and Its Associated Factors Among Patients with Major Depressive Disorder at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Elyas Adamsu Basha,
Bethelehem Taye Mengistu,
Nigus Alemnew Engidaw,
Abate Dargie Wubetu,
Assalif Beyene Haile
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s311514
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , medicine , major depressive disorder , psychiatry , suicide prevention , poison control , clinical psychology , medical emergency , cognition
Suicidal ideation is thinking about suicide/serving as the agent of one's own death. Patients with a major depressive disorder are the highest group which are affected by suicidal ideation. It is a pre-condition for suicide attempts and to commit suicide among major depressive patients. Suicidal behavior and major depressive disorder have been becoming the main attention in recent years. In Ethiopia, there is limited knowledge of suicidal ideation among major depressive disorder patients and the factors of suicidal ideation are also limited.