Comportamientos de riesgo para la salud en niños y adolescentes con intentos de suicidio y en sus familiares / Risk factors and behaviors among children and adolescents hospitalized for a suicidal attempt
Rev. méd. Chile
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140(11): 1417-1424, nov. 2012. graf, tab
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Suicidal behavior is the result of the interaction of several factors and represents an increasing health problem.Aim:
To characterize epidemiologically children and adolescents with suicidal attempts and compare them to a control group. Material andMethods:
A case-control and prospective study, based on clinical interviews and tests performed to 30 children and adolescents hospitalized due to a suicidal attempt and their parents or tutors, (GIS) and 40 ambulatory controls without such history (CG). Psychopathological disorders, risk behaviors (substance use, maltreatment, peer violence, sexual abuse and early sexual relations), family factors and their association with suicidal attempts, were analyzed.Results:
Seventy seven percent of participants with a history of suicidal attempt had psychopathological disorders (depression in 38%) and a higher prevalence of suicidal behavior, maltreatment, substance and sexual abuse. Male sex was a risk factor for suicide among children under 12 years and female sex was a risk factor for adolescents aged over 12years. Other risk factors detected were a risky communication between parents and siblings.Conclusions:
Children and adolescents who attempted suicide and their families have a higher prevalence of risk behaviors than the control group.
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Main subject:
Suicide, Attempted
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Family Health
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Hospitalization
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Mental Disorders
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Observational study
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Qualitative research
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Argentina
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital de Niños de la Santísima Trinidad/AR
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