title: Suicide attempt and the emergency room of the general hospital.
abstract: Data are presented on 270 consecutive cases of suicide attempts examined by a psychiatrist in a community general hospital's emergency room in Tel Aviv, Israel, during the years 1972--1974. The rates were 55:100,000, 42:100,000 and 33:100,000 respectively. The male-female ratio was 1:4. Predominantly young women having emotional problems used an overdosage of tranquillizers in an attempt to secure help. The second category of patients attempting suicide were males suffering from mental illness.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012621:Seasons; D012744:Sex Ratio; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000453:epidemiology