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Community Mental Health Journal
Published in: Community Mental Health Journal 5/2016

01-07-2016 | Brief Report

Serious Suicide Attempts: Evidence on Variables for Manage and Prevent this Phenomenon

Authors: Carmela Mento, Eleonora Lo Presti, Massimo Mucciardi, Angelo Sinardi, Marco Liotta, Salvatore Settineri

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 5/2016

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the variables shown to be linked to serious suicide attempts. Cases requiring emergency admission to intensive care were collected from medical records of the University Hospital in Messina (Italy) for the years 2006–2010. 107 cases of serious attempted suicide were examined, 39 of which ended in the death of the patient. The results showed the following variables to be linked highly significantly (P < 0.01) and have good nominal association (V > 0.30) with a fatal suicidal attempt: the year of the attempt, deceased father, history of physical illness prior to hospitalization and method used to carry out the suicide attempt. These results confirm the severity and the multidisciplinary importance of this phenomenon.
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Metadata
Title
Serious Suicide Attempts: Evidence on Variables for Manage and Prevent this Phenomenon
Authors
Carmela Mento
Eleonora Lo Presti
Massimo Mucciardi
Angelo Sinardi
Marco Liotta
Salvatore Settineri
Publication date
01-07-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 5/2016
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9933-x

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