title: [Repeated attempted suicides: a clinical study (author's transl)].
abstract: In this work we have again examined a sample of 500 attempted suicides which took place in Parma between September 1971 and January 1976. We have made a distinction between the various types--those who tried only once and those who repeated their attempts, and have also taken into consideration other factors--sex, marital status, family background, level of education, financial position, as well as the method of the attempted suicide and the mental condition of the patient when under observation. The main points to emerge were: a) there was a much higher rate of mental illness among the patients who had repeated their attempts, (66,6%), in comparison to those who had tried only once (19,5%). b) while there was already a high proprotion of females who made one attempt (74%), the rate rose even higher so with those who repeated their attempts (88,8%).
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004522:Educational Status; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Tentativi di suicidio recidivanti. Analisi di una casistica.