Psychiatric and social characterisation of suicide attempts treated at a children's clinic, 2003-2005

Objective: Psychiatrically and socially characterising suicide attempts treated at a children's clinic in Bogotá, 2003-2005. Methods: A retrospective series of 96 cases aged 11-18, using univariate and bivariate statistical analysis. Results: 81,4 % of the cases were female. Mean age was 15,3 y...

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Autores Principales: Pérez-Olmos I., Rodríguez-Sandoval E., Dussán-Buitrago M.M., Ayala-Aguilera J.P.
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spelling ir-10336-231642022-05-02T12:37:22Z Psychiatric and social characterisation of suicide attempts treated at a children's clinic, 2003-2005 Caracterización psiquiátrica y social del intento suicida atendido en una clínica infantil, 2003-2005 Pérez-Olmos I. Rodríguez-Sandoval E. Dussán-Buitrago M.M. Ayala-Aguilera J.P. Adjustment disorders Adolescent Child Family relationships Suicide attempt Objective: Psychiatrically and socially characterising suicide attempts treated at a children's clinic in Bogotá, 2003-2005. Methods: A retrospective series of 96 cases aged 11-18, using univariate and bivariate statistical analysis. Results: 81,4 % of the cases were female. Mean age was 15,3 years and 70,9 % were aged 16 or younger. Low family income was found in 63,1 %. Poisoning was the suicide method in 96,9 % cases. Ambulatory care for two months or less was continued in 38 % cases. Only 13,2 % required anti-depressive or mood-modulator medicine. 87,9 % suffered family or scholastic stress. 83,5 % had a problematic relationship with parents and in 72,3 % of cases the parents had a conflictive relationship. 46,5 % were first-born children. Forty abuse situations were found. 27,2 % had attempted suicide previously. Adjustment disorders, family dysfunction and mood disorders were the main psychiatric diagnostics. 37,6 % had scholastic problems, suffered academic failure or had conflict with their teachers. Males were associated with aggressiveness, substance use, academic failure or romantic loss and females were associated with predominant anxiety and physical abuse. Discussion: Being young, the overrepresentation of females and suffering scholastic and family conflict were noteworthy. Gender association with socio-cultural, behavioural and emotional profile is also worth noting. Socio-family and scholastic conflict is frequent in youth people's suicide attempts. The child-youth suicide problem must be made socially visible to prevent it. 2007 2020-05-26T00:00:07Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1240064 https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23164 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Universidad Nacional de Colombia instname:Universidad del Rosario
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language Inglés (English)
topic Adjustment disorders
Adolescent
Child
Family relationships
Suicide attempt
spellingShingle Adjustment disorders
Adolescent
Child
Family relationships
Suicide attempt
Pérez-Olmos I.
Rodríguez-Sandoval E.
Dussán-Buitrago M.M.
Ayala-Aguilera J.P.
Psychiatric and social characterisation of suicide attempts treated at a children's clinic, 2003-2005
description Objective: Psychiatrically and socially characterising suicide attempts treated at a children's clinic in Bogotá, 2003-2005. Methods: A retrospective series of 96 cases aged 11-18, using univariate and bivariate statistical analysis. Results: 81,4 % of the cases were female. Mean age was 15,3 years and 70,9 % were aged 16 or younger. Low family income was found in 63,1 %. Poisoning was the suicide method in 96,9 % cases. Ambulatory care for two months or less was continued in 38 % cases. Only 13,2 % required anti-depressive or mood-modulator medicine. 87,9 % suffered family or scholastic stress. 83,5 % had a problematic relationship with parents and in 72,3 % of cases the parents had a conflictive relationship. 46,5 % were first-born children. Forty abuse situations were found. 27,2 % had attempted suicide previously. Adjustment disorders, family dysfunction and mood disorders were the main psychiatric diagnostics. 37,6 % had scholastic problems, suffered academic failure or had conflict with their teachers. Males were associated with aggressiveness, substance use, academic failure or romantic loss and females were associated with predominant anxiety and physical abuse. Discussion: Being young, the overrepresentation of females and suffering scholastic and family conflict were noteworthy. Gender association with socio-cultural, behavioural and emotional profile is also worth noting. Socio-family and scholastic conflict is frequent in youth people's suicide attempts. The child-youth suicide problem must be made socially visible to prevent it.
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author Pérez-Olmos I.
Rodríguez-Sandoval E.
Dussán-Buitrago M.M.
Ayala-Aguilera J.P.
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Rodríguez-Sandoval E.
Dussán-Buitrago M.M.
Ayala-Aguilera J.P.
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title Psychiatric and social characterisation of suicide attempts treated at a children's clinic, 2003-2005
title_short Psychiatric and social characterisation of suicide attempts treated at a children's clinic, 2003-2005
title_full Psychiatric and social characterisation of suicide attempts treated at a children's clinic, 2003-2005
title_fullStr Psychiatric and social characterisation of suicide attempts treated at a children's clinic, 2003-2005
title_full_unstemmed Psychiatric and social characterisation of suicide attempts treated at a children's clinic, 2003-2005
title_sort psychiatric and social characterisation of suicide attempts treated at a children's clinic, 2003-2005
publisher Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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