ฐานข้อมูลวิจัยด้านสุขภาพจิตและจิตเวช

ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Jintana Leejongpermpoon

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Epidemiology of suicide inpatients at psychiatric hospitals

แหล่งที่มา/Source: The 1st Asia Pacific Regional Conference of The International Association for Suicide Prevention (AISP), 6-8 October 2004, The Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, Bangkok Thailand, Page 42.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Objective: To study features of epidemiology of suicide inpatients at psychiatric hospitals Methods: A cross-sectional study subjects were 12,356 inpatients selected by purposive sampling from 5, 1, 1, 3 psychiatric hospitals at Northeast, North, South and central area of Thailand respectively. They were diagnosed by using ICD 10 criteria. Data were gathered from March-June 2003. Results: From a total of 12,356 inpatients studied, the number of suicide attempters were 11 patients 0.09%. Only one suicide attempter successfully committed suicide 0.008%. Attempted and committed suicide rate were 9.0 and 0.8 per 10,000 populations, respectively. The suicide attempters were male per female 1:1.2, suicide rate is increased in the age range of 26 to 30 years 45.5% Means +-SD=28.1+-5.34 yrs, single 63.6% unemployed 45.5%. Most of them were diagnosed as schizophrenia unspecified 63.6% and 18 percent were depressive disorder. Most of the attempted suicide events happened in the morning between 08.00-10.00am. 36.4% hanging was the most frequent suicide method 36.4% the most frequent place was the restroom 27.3% and we found common behaviors before suicide were depression and isolation 54.5% Conclusion: The suicide in psychiatric hospitals of Thailand was higher in unemployed schizophrenic inpatients. It was common in the morning. The most frequent method was hanging in restroom. The behavior before suicide was depression and isolation. So that person, time place and psychiatric symptoms during admission are very important for prevention of committed suicide in psychiatric ward.

Keywords: suicide, psychiatry, epidermioloy, epidermic, prevalence, psychiatric patient, schizophrenia, psychotic, psychiatric ward, Thailand

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2004

Address: Prasrimahabhodi Hospital, Ubonratchathanee

Code: 20040000100

ISSN/ISBN: -

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Paper.

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