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Life Span History of Non-fatal Suicidal Behaviours in a Large Sample of General Practitioners' Patients: Data from Rovigo, Northern Italy.

Authors :
Zanone Poma, S.
Vicentini, S.
Siviero, F.
Grossi, A.
Toniolo, E.
Cocchio, S.
Baldo, V.
Leo, Diego
Source :
Community Mental Health Journal. Nov2014, Vol. 50 Issue 8, p981-986. 6p. 2 Charts.
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

A survey about history of non-fatal suicidal behaviour was performed on 1,171 subjects in the waiting room of general practitioners' practices in the territory of Rovigo (Northern Italy). The mean age of interviewed subjects was 52.9 ± 17.0, with a majority of female individuals. Two and two percent admitted previous experience of non-suicidal self-injury, 4.7 % admitted having had serious suicidal thoughts/plans, and 1.8 % reported at least one suicide attempt. Compared to the rest of the sample, people with history of suicidal behaviours resulted to be of younger age ( p < .05), whilst their level of well-being was poorer ( p < .001). When compared to the results of the Italian arm of the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders, carried out on general population samples, the present study produces higher rates of suicidality, despite the much higher mean age of the interviewed subjects compared to the general population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00103853
Volume :
50
Issue :
8
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Community Mental Health Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
99238856
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-014-9715-x