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Suicide attempters: Clinical characteristics and management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

E. Gattoni*
Affiliation:
Università del Piemonte Orientale, Translational medicine, Novara, Italy
A. Feggi
Affiliation:
Università del Piemonte Orientale, Translational medicine, Novara, Italy
C. Gramaglia
Affiliation:
Università del Piemonte Orientale, Translational medicine, Novara, Italy
P. Bergamasco
Affiliation:
AOU “Maggiore della Carità”, SC Psichiatria, Novara, Italy
I. Coppola
Affiliation:
Università del Piemonte Orientale, Translational medicine, Novara, Italy
S. Di Marco
Affiliation:
Università del Piemonte Orientale, Translational medicine, Novara, Italy
C. Delicato
Affiliation:
Università del Piemonte Orientale, Translational medicine, Novara, Italy
A. Venesia
Affiliation:
Università del Piemonte Orientale, Translational medicine, Novara, Italy
D. Marangon
Affiliation:
AOU “Maggiore della Carità”, SC Psichiatria, Novara, Italy
P. Zeppegno
Affiliation:
Università del Piemonte Orientale, Translational medicine, Novara, Italy
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Background

Suicide attempts, defined as self-inflicted, potentially injurious behaviors with a nonfatal outcome, and with evidence of intent to die are extremely prevalent. Literature suggests that suicide is more common among males, while attempted suicide is more frequent among females. Depression, mental disorders, substance use disorders and history of suicidal behavior are important risk factors for suicide: the risk of suicide attempt is 3 to 12 times higher in psychiatric patients than in the general population.

Aim

The aim of our study was to compare severity of depressive symptoms in a sample of suicide attempters with a diagnosis of bipolar and related disorders or depressive disorders and in a sample of sex- and diagnosis-matched patients who do not commit a suicide attempt. The severity of attempted suicide and the suicidal risk in the hospital will be assessed as well.

Material and methods

We collected a sample of inpatients who committed a suicide attempt during 2015. For each attempter, we selected another sex- and diagnosis-matched patient with no history of attempted suicide. Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample were gathered. Assessment included: Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) for severity of depressive symptoms in both groups, Suicide Intent Scale (SIS) for the severity of attempted suicide and the suicidal risk with a nurse assessment for suicide.

Results

Data collecting is still ongoing. We expected to find more severe symptoms in patients who attempted suicide. Clinical implication will be discussed.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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EV1257
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2016
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