Profile of suicide attempts and risk factors among psychiatric patients: A case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicidal behaviour remains challenging for clinicians to predict, with few established risk factors and warning signs among psychiatric patients.

Aim

We aimed to describe characteristics and identify risk factors for suicide attempts among patients with psychiatric disorders.

Methods

Multivariable logistic regression analysis, adjusted for clinically important confounders, was employed to determine risk factors for suicide attempts within a psychiatric patient population.

Results

The case (n = 146) and control groups (n = 104) did not differ significantly with regards to sociodemographic characteristics. The majority of the participants who had attempted suicide did so with high intent to die, and expected to die without medical intervention. The pri

SUBMITTER: Bhatt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5823369 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature