Socio-demographic and psychiatric profile of patients hospitalized due to self-poisoning with suicidal intention

Autor: Maja Lumpe, Johannes Schurr, Christian Rabe, Armin Ott, Tobias Zellner, Michael Rentrop, Florian Eyer, Stefanie Geith
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Annals of General Psychiatry, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1744-859X
DOI: 10.1186/s12991-022-00393-3
Popis: Abstract Objective To identify the psychiatric profile of patients hospitalized due to self-intoxication associated with suicide-related behavior (SRB). Methods In this retrospective single-center study, records of consecutive patients treated for suicidal poisoning in our Clinical Toxicology unit between 1st January 2012 and 31st December 2016, who received at least one psychiatric exploration during their inpatient stay, were analyzed with regard to epidemiological data, ingested substances, psychiatric and somatic comorbidities, suicidal circumstances and follow-up therapy. Results Out of 1289 hospitalized patients, 1090 patients with complete data were analyzed. Mean age was 40.5 ± 17.2 years, 66.7% were female. 32.0% of patients had previously engaged in SRB, in 76.3% intention was suicidal. 64.7% of patients had a pre-existing psychiatric disorder (PD). Patients with a pre-existing PD more often displayed prior SRB than those without PD (40.7% vs 15.3%; p
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