Help-seeking behavior prior to nearly lethal suicide attempts
| Autor: | Lauren Seymour Barnes, Robin M. Ikeda, Marcie-jo Kresnow |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Consultants Poison control Suicide Attempted Behavioral Symptoms Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Catchment Area Health Injury prevention medicine Humans Interpersonal Relations Psychiatry Depressive Disorder Suicide attempt Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Social environment Texas Help-seeking Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Case-Control Studies Female Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Suicidelife-threatening behavior. 32 |
| ISSN: | 0363-0234 |
| Popis: | The association between help-seeking and nearly lethal suicide attempts was evaluated using data from a population-based, case-control study of 153 13- to 34-year-old suicide attempt case-patients treated at emergency departments in Houston, Texas, and a random sample of 513 control-subjects. Measures of help-seeking included whether the participant sought help for health/emotional problems in the past month, type of consultant contacted, and whether suicide was discussed during the interaction. Overall, friends/family were consulted most frequently (48%). After controlling for potential confounders, case-patients were less likely than control-subjects to seek help from any consultant (OR = 0.5, 95% CI = 0.3-0.8) or a professional (e.g., physician, counselor) consultant (OR = 0.5, 95%CI = 0.29-0.8). Among those who sought help, case-patients were more likely than to discuss suicide (OR = 2.6, 95% CI = 1.2-5.4), particularly with professionals (OR = 11.8, 95% CI = 3.2-43.2). Our findings suggest that efforts to better understand the role of help-seeking in suicide prevention, including help sought from family and friends, deserves further attention. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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