[Attempted suicide in high school and university students: a Tunisian case study of 61 cases]. / Tentative de suicide du lycéen et de l'étudiant: Étude Tunisienne à propos de 61 cas.

AIM: To determine the global profile of pupils and university students who made suicide attempts. METHODS: We have retrospectively examined 1623 files of pupils and university students who have consulted the psycho-pedagogical unit of psychiatry department « B ¼ of Hedi Chaker Hospital, Sfax -Tunisia, during this time span from January 1997 to December 2009. We have taken a census 61 of files of those consulting for suicide attempts. RESULTS: The prevalence of suicide attempts in Tunisian pupils and university students is low (3.75 %) and is probably due to sociocultural considerations. It is often a young girl (70.5%) having school difficulties (50.8%) and adaptation problems (60.6 %), impulsively accomplishing her suicide attempt (91.8%), at home (83.6 %), by drug ingestion (70.6%). CONCLUSION: This profile shows the major need for communication within the family, and for the generalization of listening units at schools and universities.

[Depression in chronic hemodialysis patients: report of 106 cases]. / La depression chez les malades hemodialyses chroniques: a propos de 106 cas.

BACKGROUND: Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder in chronic hemodialysis patients and is associated with mortality. AIM: To evaluate the prevalence of the depression in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis, and to identify the correlated factors. METHODS: The study population included 106 patients on chronic hemodialysis. The Hospital-Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to diagnosis depression. RESULTS: The prevalence of the depression among the patients surveyed was 46.2%. Among 8 factors correlated with the depression at the univariate analysis, only 2 factors were still strongly correlated at the multivariate analysis: professional inactivity (OR = 6.54; p = 0.01) and anxiety (OR = 1.,5; p = 0.00). CONCLUSION: According to our study, professional inactivity and/or anxiety should make looking for depression in order to optimize the management of the patients on chronic hemodialysis.