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Prevalence of suicidal ideation and desire for death in a group of female muslim students one year after exposure to suicide bomb attack in Pakistan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

R. Faruqui ,
A. Bashir ,
R. Taj ,
A. Khan ,
F. Yousaf ,
A. Waheed ,
Z. Ayub  and
A. Bibi
R. Faruqui
Affiliation:
Neuropsychiatry, St. Andrew's Healthcare, Northampton, UK Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
A. Bashir
Affiliation:
Brain Injury Services, Partnerships in Care, Essex, UK Psychological Medicine, University College London, London, UK
R. Taj
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan
A. Khan
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan
F. Yousaf
Affiliation:
Mental Health, National Health Service, Guildford, UK
A. Waheed
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan
Z. Ayub
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan
A. Bibi
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstract

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Introduction

Psychological distress and suicide are known to be associated with exposure to traumatic life events. No literature is available on prevalence of suicidal ideation in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in Pakistan.

Objectives

To study suicidal ideation and desire for death in trauma exposed population in Pakistan.

Aims

To estimate the prevalence of suicidal ideation and desire for death one year after exposure to extreme trauma in a well-defined and accessible group in Pakistan.

Methods

Subjects were examined 1 year after exposure to a bomb blast in Islamabad, Pakistan. A semi-structured interview schedule and Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation were used to assess a group of female University students. Assessment record of 50 consecutive study participants were evaluated to estimate point prevalence of suicidal ideation and desire for death in the study population.

Results

All subjects were enroled in full time university education at the time of assessment. 17 subjects (34%) presented with weak desire for death whilst 5 subjects (10%) presented with moderate to severe desire for death. 15 Subjects (30%) presented with active suicidal ideation at the time of assessment. However, ony 3 subjects (6%) presented with moderate to severe suicidal ideation. The subjects presenting with suicidal ideation described family ties, religious beliefs, fear of irreversible injury as protective factors against their suicidal thoughts. Only 2 subjects (4%) had engaged in some degree of planning towards committing suicide.

Conclusions

This study provides the first structured estimate of prevalence of suicidal ideation in trauma exposed population of Pakistan.

Type
P03-493
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 1663
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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